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KENNETH S. NEELAND vs. ILDEFONSO M. VILLANUEVA, JR., Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff, Bacolod City, and NELSON N. ABORDAJE, Sheriff III, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Br. 4, Bacolod City

KENNETH S. NEELAND, complainant, vs. ILDEFONSO M. VILLANUEVA, JR., Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff, Bacolod City, and NELSON N. ABORDAJE, Sheriff III, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Br. 4, Bacolod City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-99-1316 | 2001-08-31

R E S O L U T I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

This resolves the prayer of respondent Ildefonso M. Villanueva, Jr., to be paid his "back wages and other economic benefits from the time of my 'dismissal' in November 1989 to my reinstatement x x x" contained in his letter addressed to the Honorable Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr. dated 22 August 2000.

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