Category Archives: Administrative Law, Law on Public Officers & Election Laws

ARANETA vs. GATMAITAN G.R. Nos. L-8895 and L-9191, April 30, 1957 (101 Phil 328)

Facts: Sometime in 1950, trawl operators from Malabon, Navotas and other places migrated to this region most of them settling at Sabang, Calabanga, Camarines Sur, for the purpose of using this particular method of fishing in said bay. On account of the belief of sustenance fishermen that the operation of this kind of gear causedContinue reading “ARANETA vs. GATMAITAN G.R. Nos. L-8895 and L-9191, April 30, 1957 (101 Phil 328)”

PEÑALOSA vs. VILLANUEVA G.R. No. 75305 (177 SCRA 478)

Facts: On November 29,1984, in NLRC-NCR Case No. 2517-84 entitled ‘Philippine Association of Free Labor Unions (PAFLU-RMC Chapter) and its Members v. Riverside Mills Corporation, et al.”, Labor Arbiter Manuel Caday awarded separation pay, wage and/or living allowance increases and 13th month pay to the individual complainants who comprise some of the respondents in thisContinue reading “PEÑALOSA vs. VILLANUEVA G.R. No. 75305 (177 SCRA 478)”

PASCUAL vs. BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS G.R. No. L-25018, May 26, 1969

Fact: Arsenio Pascual, Jr., petitioner-appellee, filed on February 1, 1965 with the Court of First Instance of Manila an action for prohibition with prayer for preliminary injunction against the Board of Medical Examiners, now respondent-appellant. It was alleged therein that at the initial hearing of an administrative case7 for alleged immorality, counsel for complainants announcedContinue reading “PASCUAL vs. BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS G.R. No. L-25018, May 26, 1969”

MENDOZA v. COMMISSION ON AUDIT G.R. No. 195395, September 10, 2013

Fact: Petitioner Mendoza is the general manager of Talisay Water District in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. The Water District was formed pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 198, otherwise known as the “Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973.” The Commission on Audit disallowed a total amount of P3 80,208.00 which Mendoza received as part of hisContinue reading “MENDOZA v. COMMISSION ON AUDIT G.R. No. 195395, September 10, 2013”

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION vs. ALMOJUELA G.R. No. 194368, April 2, 2013

Fact: The present administrative case, filed against Desk Officer/ Supervisor SJO2 Almojuela, sprang from the escape of a detention prisoner in the Makati City Jail. A BJMP Investigation Report conducted on the incident concluded that SJO2 Almojuela and the rest of the jail officers on third shift custodial duty all colluded to facilitate Lao’s getaway.Continue reading “CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION vs. ALMOJUELA G.R. No. 194368, April 2, 2013”

FORTICH vs. CORONA G.R. No. 131457, April 24, 1998

Facts:  This case involves a 144-hectare land located at San Vicente, Sumilao, Bukidnon, owned by the Norberto Quisumbing, Sr. Management and Development Corporation (NQSRMDC), one of the petitioners. Pursuant to Section 20 of R.A. No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code, the Sangguniang Bayan of Sumilao, Bukidnon, on March 4, 1993, enacted OrdinanceContinue reading “FORTICH vs. CORONA G.R. No. 131457, April 24, 1998”

PHILIPPINE BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS vs. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE G.R. No. 112024, January 28, 1999

Fact: Petitioner, Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom), a commercial banking corporation duly organized under Philippine laws, filed its quarterly income tax returns for the first and second quarters of 1985, reported profits, and paid the total income tax of P5,016,954.00. The taxes due were settled by applying PBCom’s tax credit memos and accordingly, the BureauContinue reading “PHILIPPINE BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS vs. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE G.R. No. 112024, January 28, 1999”

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION vs. COURT OF APPEALS G.R. No. 161086, November 24, 2006

Fact: In response to an anonymous complaint alleging that certain municipal officials and employees of the municipal government of Infanta, Pangasinan had incurred cash shortages and committed graft and corruption, the Commission on Audit (COA) ordered the conduct of a fraud audit. Following the conduct of an audit, the audit team submitted a “Fraud AuditContinue reading “CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION vs. COURT OF APPEALS G.R. No. 161086, November 24, 2006”

JESUS C. OCAMPO vs. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN G.R. No. 114683, January 18, 2000

Fact: Petitioner is the Training Coordinator of NIACONSULT, INC., a subsidiary of the National Irrigation Administration.  K.N. Paudel of the Agricultural Development Bank of Nepal (ADBN) Mote a letter to NIACONSULT requesting a training proposal on small-scale community irrigation development. Petitioner as the training coordinator of the NIACONSULT, sent a letter-proposal requested by ABDN. AnotherContinue reading “JESUS C. OCAMPO vs. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN G.R. No. 114683, January 18, 2000”