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Paulino V. Nera vs. Auditor General

PAULINO V. NERA, petitioner, vs. THE AUDITOR GENERAL, respondent.

G.R. No. L-24957 | 1988-08-03

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

We need not discuss the merits of this case for it is clear that the petitioner's appeal was filed out of time. It will therefore be dismissed on this ground.

The petitioner was retired on January 4, 1951, with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He applied for retirement gratuity under R.A. No. 340, otherwise known as the Armed Forces Retirement Act, but in the computation of the total amount due him, he was not credited with the sums of P12,324.41 and P983.01 which he claimed represented his longevity pay from January 4, 1951 to May 31, 1963, under R.A. No. 1134. His formal...