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Estrellado and Borja vs. David etc.

ERIC N. ESTRELLADO AND JOSSIE M. BORJA, PETITIONERS, VS. KARINA CONSTANTINO DAVID, THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, HIPOLITO R. GABORNI AND ROBERTO S. SE, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 184288 | 2016-02-16

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The next-in-rank status of a government employee is not a guarantee to one's fitness to the position aspired for, and the applicant must go through the rigors of a screening and selection process as determined and conducted by a department or agency, subject only to the standards and guidelines set by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). This is in keeping with the ideal of promoting through merit rather than entitlement, and thus ensuring that government service is rewarded with the best fit.

Under review is the decision promulgated on August 26, 2008,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed...