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Department of Interior vs. Gatuz

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG), PETITIONER, VS. RAUL V. GATUZ, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 191176 | 2015-10-14

D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:*
 
We resolve the petition for review on certiorari challenging the 18 January 2010 decision of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 19 (RTC) in Civil Case No. 808-M-2009.[1] The RTC permanently prohibited the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG/the Department) from implementing the Ombudsman's decision in Domingo v. Gatuz, OMB-L-A-08-0126-C[2] and declared void the October 22, 2009 DILG memorandum implementing this decision.

In 2008, the respondent, Raul Gatuz, was the Barangay Captain of Barangay Tabang, Plaridel, Bulacan.

On February 21, 2008, Felicitas L. Domingo...