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Office of the Ombudsman vs. Braña

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. EMELITA MARAASIN BRAÑA, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 238903 | 2021-03-24

FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
PERALTA, C.J.:
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision[1] dated July 19, 2017 and the Resolution[2] dated March 9, 2018 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 07575-MIN. The CA reversed and set aside the Decision dated January 27, 2016 and the Order dated May 5, 2016 of the Office of the Ombudsman (petitioner) in OMB-C­A-15-0090.

The factual antecedents are as follows:

On March 26, 2015, the Department of Finance-Revenue Integrity Protection Service (DOF-RIPS) filed a Joint Complaint-Affidavit[3] charging Emelita...