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Zenaida De Guzman vs Antonio Delos Santos, et al

ZENAIDA DE GUZMAN, complainant, vs. ANTONIO DELOS SANTOS, Information Officer III, Publication and Circulation Division, Office of the Reporter (Supreme Court), respondent.

A.M. No. 2002-8-SC | 2002-12-18

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

ELIGIBILITY TO PUBLIC OFFICE, given the facts of this case, must exist at the commencement and for the duration of the occupancy of such office; it is continuing in nature. Qualification for a particular office must be possessed at all times by one seeking it. An appointment of one deemed ineligible or unqualified gives him no right to hold on and must through due process be discharged at once.

On 14 November 2001 respondent Antonio delos Santos, Information Officer III, Publication and Circulation Division, Office of the Reporter, this Court, wrote Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr., applying for promotion...