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Antonio B. Baltazar vs. Honorable Ombudsman, et al.

ANTONIO B. BALTAZAR, Petitioner, versus HONORABLE OMBUDSMAN, EULOGIO M. MARIANO, JOSE D. JIMENEZ, JR., TORIBIO E. ILAO, JR. and ERNESTO R. SALENGA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 136433 | 2006-12-06

THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N 
 
VELASCO, JR., J.: 
 
The Case 
 
Ascribing grave abuse of discretion to respondent Ombudsman, this Petition for Review on Certiorari,[1] under Rule 45 pursuant to Section 27 of RA 6770,[2] seeks to reverse and set aside the November 26, 1997 Order[3] of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in OMB-1-94-3425 duly approved by then Ombudsman Aniano Desierto on August 21, 1998, which recommended the dismissal of the Information[4] in Criminal Case No. 23661 filed before the Sandiganbayan against respondents Pampanga Provincial Adjudicator Toribio E. Ilao, Jr., Chief Legal Officer...