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Pacita J. Baguioro Vs. Mariano Y. Basa, Jr.

PACITA J. BAGUIORO, petitioner, vs. HON. MARIANO Y. BASA, JR. Presiding Judge, Branch 56, Regional Trial Court of Negros Occidental, San Carlos City, and ROMEO ESPINOSA, respondents.

G.R. No. 83369 | 1992-10-02

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This case involves the application of the principle of res judicata and the rule on exhaustion of administrative remedies by a party contesting the promotion to a higher position of a co-employee in the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS).

The pleadings disclose the following facts:

Prior to April 1982, petitioner and private respondent were the Elementary Head Teacher and Elementary School Principal I, respectively in the Schools Division of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. They were both considered for promotion to the position of General Education Supervisor I (Music and Arts) in...