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THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CAMARINES NORTE, REPRESENTED BY GOVERNOR JESUS O. TYPOCO, JR., PETITIONER, VS. BEATRIZ O. GONZALES, RESPONDENT. [ CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION, DEL CASTILLO, J. ]

THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CAMARINES NORTE, REPRESENTED BY GOVERNOR JESUS O. TYPOCO, JR., PETITIONER, VS. BEATRIZ O. GONZALES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 185740 | 2013-07-23


DEL CASTILLO, J:

The questions raised in this petition are (1) whether the Local Government Code (LGC) of 1991 reclassified the position of Provincial Administrator into primarily confidential, a Non-Career service position; and (2) if in the affirmative, whether such reclassification affects the tenure of respondent Beatriz C. Gonzales (Gonzales) who was appointed Provincial Administrator in a permanent capacity prior to the LGC’s effectivity.

The LGC has classified the Provincial 
Administrator position to primarily 
confidential, a Non-Career position.

Positions in the Civil Service are classified into Career and Non-Career...