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Vicente Garcia Vs. Commission On Audit, Et Al.

VICENTE GARCIA, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE CHAIRMAN, COMMISSION ON AUDIT, THE HONORABLE MINISTER, LAND TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, TELECOM REGIONAL OFFICE NO. IV, respondents.

G.R. No. 75025 | 1993-09-14

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

Petitioner comes to us on a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of 23 July 1985 of respondent Commission on Audit (COA) denying his claim for payment of back wages, after he was reinstated to the service pursuant to an executive clemency. He prays for the extraordinary remedy of mandamus against public respondents to enforce his claim.

Petitioner was a Supervising Lineman in the Region IV Station of the Bureau of Telecommunications in Lucena City. On 1 April 1975, petitioner was summarily dismissed from the service on the ground of dishonesty in accordance with the decision of the then...