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Office of the Ombudsman Vs. Victorio N. Medrano

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Petitioner, versus VICTORIO N. MEDRANO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 177580 | 2008-10-17

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Challenged via Petition for Review on Certiorari are the Decision[1] dated June 29, 2006 and Resolution dated April 2, 2007 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 93165[2] which nullified the Decision dated July 19, 2004 of the Office of the Ombudsman (petitioner), as modified, finding Victorio N. Medrano (respondent) guilty of sexual harassment in the administrative complaint against him and dismissed the said complaint for lack of jurisdiction.

Sometime in May 2003, Ma. Ruby A. Dumalaog (Ma. Ruby), a teacher at Jacobo Z. Gonzales Memorial National High School in Biñan, Laguna (the...