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Saligumba vs. COA XIII

MARIA TERESA B. SALIGUMBA, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT XIII, REPRESENTED BY CHERYL CANTALEJO-DIME AND TEODORA J. BENIGA, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 238643 | 2020-09-08

FIRST DIVISION
 

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, C.J.:
 
This is a petition for review on certiorari[1] seeking to reverse and set aside the November 17, 2017 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 08014-MIN, which affirmed the November 29, 2016 Decision[3] of the Office of the Ombudsman for Mindanao (Ombudsman) in OMB-M-A-15-0605 that adjudged petitioner Maria Teresa B. Saligumba guilty of Gross Misconduct and Serious Dishonesty and, thereby, imposed upon her the penalty of dismissal from government service with cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benefits and perpetual...