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Conrado C. Cortez Vs. Civil Service Commission

CONRADO C. CORTEZ, petitioner, vs. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, BERNARDINO B. TUAZON, respondents. Dante S. David for petitioner. Thelma S. Panganiban-Gaminde, Rogelio C. Limare and Dante G. Huerta for Civil Service Commission.

G.R. No. 92673 | 1991-03-13

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

On April 1, 1987, petitioner Conrado C. Cortez was appointed by resolution of the board of directors of the Philippine National Railways to the position of Chief Engine Crew Dispatcher. The appointment was approved as temporary by the respondent Civil Service Commission effective May 15, 1987. On November 24, 1987, respondent Bernardino B. Tuazon filed a protest with the Merit Systems Protection Board on the ground that he was better qualified for the position and, as Engine Crew Dispatcher In-Charge, entitled to preference in promotion under the next-in-rank rule. After considering the said protest and the...