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Baculi vs. Office of the President

FRANCISCO T. BACULI, PETITIONER, V. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 201130, March 8, 2017] THE SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORM, AND THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF AGRARIAN REFORM, REGION 2, PETITIONERS, V. FRANCISCO T. BACULI, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 188681 | 2017-03-08

DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The law abhors the indefinite preventive suspension of public officials and employees, whether they are presidential appointees or not. For presidential appointees, the suspension should last only within a reasonable time. For non-presidential appointees, the maximum period of preventive suspension is 90 days. Once the allowable period of preventive suspension had been served, the public officials and employees must be automatically reinstated.
 
The Case
 
Under consideration are the consolidated appeals docketed as G.R. No. 188681 and G.R. No. 201130. The appeals relate to the right of a public...