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Dr. Fernando A. Melendres M.D., Executive Director of the Lung Center of the Philippines [LCP] Vs. President Anti-Graft Commission, et al.

DR. FERNANDO A. MELENDRES, M.D., Executive Director of the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP), Petitioner, vs. PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-GRAFT COMMISSION, acting through its duly authorized representative, COMMISSIONER CESAR D. BUENAFLOR, ALBERTO G. ROMULO, Executive Secretary, AND SUSAN SY NAVAL, THERESA M. ALCANTARA, JOSE PEPITO M. AMORES, VINCENT M. BALANAG, JR., GUILLERMO G. BARROA, JR., REY A. DESALES, NORBERTO A. FRANCISCO, DAVID F. GEOLLEGUE, BENILDA B. GALVEZ, LUISITO F. IDOLOR, VICTORIA C. !DOLOR, BUENA VENTURA V. MEDINA, JR., NEWELL R. NACPIL, RAOUL C. VILLARETE and GUILLERMO T. MADLANG-AWA, all of the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP), Respondents.

G.R. No. 163859 | 2012-10-15

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

VILLARAMA, JR., J.: 

The present petition under Rule 45 assails the Decision1 dated February 27, 2004 and Resolution2 dated May 28, 2004 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 74272 affirming the Order dated December 3, 2002 of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC). 

The factual antecedents: 

Petitioner Dr. Fernando A. Melendres was appointed Executive Director of the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) in 1999 by then President Joseph Ejercito Estrada. Acting on a complaint lodged by 15 physicians of the LCP, the Secretary of Health issued Department Order No. 119, s. 2002,...