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Romeo Acop Vs. Office Of The Ombudsman

CHIEF SUPT. ROMEO ACOP and SENIOR SUPT. FRANCISCO G. ZUBIA, petitioners, vs. THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN and HON. MANUEL B. CASACLANG, in his capacity as the Deputy Ombudsman for the Military, respondents.

G.R. No. 120422 | 1995-09-27

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

These cases, both filed under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, were consolidated as they arose from the same factual milieu. At the oral arguments on 5 July 1995, the Court defined the common issues within which the parties agreed to limit their arguments.

1. Whether it is the Office of the Ombudsman or the Office of the Special Prosecutor which has jurisdiction over the complaint in question; and

2. Whether or not public respondent Deputy Ombudsman for Military Manuel Casaclang committed grave abuse of discretion when he set the case for preliminary investigation and required the petitioners to submit...