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Sales, Romulo A. vs. Ismael Mathay, Sr., et al.

ROMULO A. SALES, petitioner, vs. ISMAEL MATHAY, SR., as Auditor General, EPI REY PANGRAMUYEN, as Commissioner of Civil Service, DAVID CONSUNJI, as Acting Secretary of Department of Public Works and Communications and FELIZARDO TANABE, as Postmaster General, respondents.

G.R. No. L-39557 | 1984-05-03

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

This proceeding for mandamus against respondent Auditor General Ismael Mathay, Sr., the then Auditor General, 1 now retired, arose from the denial of a claim for back salaries of petitioner Romulo Sales, appointed Clerk II in the Bureau of Posts, previously designated Acting Postmaster of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro, who was found short of P992.46 in his account on March 21, 1963 and of P1,000.00 on May 24, 1963. The amount in question covers the period from February 9, 1966 to August 15, 1971, during which time he was under suspension. It was on the latter date that he received a resolution of the then...