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Miranda vs. CSC

JERLINDA M. MIRANDA, PETITIONER, VS. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 213502 | 2019-02-18

DECISION
 
REYES, J. JR., J.:
 
Petitioner Jerlinda M. Miranda (Miranda) was an Accountant III at the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC).[1]She was administratively charged with Inefficiency and Incompetence in the Performance of Her Official Duties, Grave Misconduct and Conduct Grossly Prejudicial to the Service,[2] for failure to submit with the Commission on Audit (COA) WVMC's Financial Report, particularly the trial balance, for the period from March to December 1996, 2001, 2002 and 2003.

In her Answer, Miranda denied all allegations imputed against her. She explained that the delay in the submission of financial...