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Victor R. Reyes vs. Hon. Jose L. Atienza, et al

VICTOR R. REYES, Assistant City Assessor, Department of Assessment, City of Manila, Petitioner, versus HON. JOSE L. ATIENZA, Mayor, City of Manila, ATTY. EMMANUEL R. SISON, Secretary to the City Mayor, and THE COURT OF APPEALS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 152243 | 2005-09-23

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

Tinga, J.: 

The petitioner in this case, Victor R. Reyes ("Reyes"), identifies himself as the Assistant City Assessor of the City of Manila. The very appropriateness of the nomenclature is crucial to the present petition. Petitioner ultimately hinges the favorable action on his cause on the recognition that he still is the Assistant City Assessor of Manila, a post to which he was appointed in 1989, but which function he has not effectively held since 1994. 

The case originated from a complaint filed by petitioner Reyes before the Office of the Ombudsman against respondents Jose L. Atienza, the...