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Tiburcio Chaves, Sur. Vs. Auditor General Ismael Mathay

TIBURCIO CHAVES, SR., petitioner, vs. AUDITOR GENERAL ISMAEL MATHAY, respondent.

G.R. No. L-29311 | 1971-02-27

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

Appeal from a decision of the Auditor General, in which we reaffirm the Court's doctrine against the payment to retirees from the government service of double pension for exactly the same services.

Petitioner had been an employee of the Bureau of Public Highways as chief clerk-administrative officer for many years. On August 21, 1959, he retired optionally under section 12 (c) of Commonwealth Act 186 (the Government Service Insurance Act) as amended by Republic Act 1616 with a creditable service of 27.1398 years and was paid a gratuity in the sum of P7,010.40.

On October 31, 1962, barely three years after...