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Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage system vs. COA

METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 220729] DARLINA T. UY, LEONOR C. CLEOFAS, MA. LOURDES R. NAZ, JOCELYN M. TOLEDO, LOIDA G. CEGUERRA, AND MIRIAM S. FULGUERAS, PETITIONERS, VS. METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM, COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 195105 | 2017-11-21

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The petitioners, albeit officials of the agency, cannot be held personally liable for the disallowed benefits because they had no participation in the approval thereof. The recipients of the benefits, having acted in good faith because of their honest belief that the grant of the benefits had legal basis, need not refund the amounts received.
 
The Case

Assailed in G.R. No. 195105 are Decision No. 2009-072 dated September 1, 2009[1] and Decision No. 2010-145 dated December 30, 2010,[2] whereby the Commission on Audit (COA Proper) affirmed the disallowance of certain benefits received by...