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Republic vs. Maneja

REPUBLIC PHILIPPINES OF THE (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION), PETITIONER, VS. EULALIA T. MANEJA, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 209052 | 2021-06-23

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, M., J.:
 
Dismissal from the service imposed by the Civil Service Commission Regional Office (CSCRO) cannot be executed pending appeal with the Civil Service Commission Proper (CSC). Premature execution of the decision ordering the employee's dismissal from the service entitles the employee to the payment of backwages even though the employee is not fully exonerated on appeal.

ANTECEDENTS

On October 29, 2001, Lyn Galarrita Cutamora (Cutamora) authorized in writing Eulalia T. Maneja (Maneja), a Secondary School Teacher at the Macabalan National High School in Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro...