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Tecson vs. Hon. Salas, et al

JOSE C. TECSON, petitioner-appellant, vs. HON. RAFAEL SALAS, Executive Secretary, HON. ANTONIO V. RAQUIZA, Secretary of Public Works and Communications, HON. MARCIANO D. BAUTISTA, Undersecretary of Public Works and Communications, ALEJANDRO B. DELENA, Off

G.R. No. L-27524 | 1970-07-31

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J: 

It was not a light burden petitioner Jose C. Tecson, Superintendent of Dredging, Bureau of Public Works, had taken upon himself seeking through this special civil action for certiorari and prohibition the nullification of his detail to the Office of the President according to a directive of the then Executive Secretary, Rafael Salas, acting by presidential authority, imputing to it the character of a removal without cause. 1 Thus, on its face, it could not be asserted with confidence that the petition was sufficiently compelling. It was no surprise then that the lower court, the Honorable Juan O....