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Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority vs Judge Agapito Hontanosas, Jr

MACTAN CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MCIAA), represented by its General Manager, Angelo C. Verdan, Complainant, versus JUDGE AGAPITO L. HONTANOSAS, JR., in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Cebu City, Branch 16, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-03-1815 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 03- 1752-RTJ) | 2004-10-25

D E C I S I O N


CALLEJO, SR., J.:


The instant administrative complaint involves Judge Agapito L. Hontanosas, Jr. of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Cebu City, Branch 16, who is charged with "gross ignorance of the law and/or incompetence, grave
misconduct, dishonesty, knowingly rendering an unjust judgment and/or interlocutory orders, and bias and partiality"[1] relative to Civil Case No. CEB-27136[2] entitled "Bongoyan, et al. v. Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA)."



The Antecedents



The petitioners in the said case, one for declaratory relief and mandamus with writ of preliminary injunction, were employees of the...