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Ampong vs. Civil Service Commission (CSC) 563 SCRA 293

SARAH P. AMPONG, Petitioner, versus CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION CSC-Regional Office No. 11, Respondent.

G.R. No. 167916 | 2008-08-26

D E C I S I O N

REYES, R.T., J.:

CAN the Civil Service Commission (CSC) properly assume jurisdiction over administrative proceedings against a judicial employee involving acts of dishonesty as a teacher, committed prior to her appointment to the judiciary?

Before Us is a petition for review on certiorari assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming the CSC's exercise of administrative jurisdiction over petitioner.

The Facts

The following facts are uncontroverted:

On November 10, 1991, a Professional Board Examination for Teachers (PBET)[2] was held in Davao City. A certain Evelyn Junio-Decir[3] applied for and took the...