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Cristobal vs. Melchor, et al.

JOSE C. CRISTOBAL, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ALEJANDRO MELCHOR and FEDERICO ARCALA, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-43203 | 1977-07-29

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

Jose C. Cristobal appeals from a decision dated May 18, 1972 of the Court of First Instance of Manila in Civil Case No. 83962 which dismissed this complaint for declaratory relief and reinstatement in the government service. 1

The incidents which led to this suit are set forth in the decision of the court a quo, thus:

The plaintiff was formerly employed as a private secretary in the President's Private Office, Malacañang, Manila, having been appointed to that position on July 1, 1961 with a salary of P4,188.00 per annum. He is a third grade civil service eligible. On or about the second week of January, 1962,...