SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 249979. February 3, 2020.]
EDWIN QUIA BALONG-ANGEY, petitioner,vs. COURT OF APPEALS, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated03 February 2020which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 249979 (Edwin Quia Balong-Angey v. Court of Appeals, Office of the Ombudsman, and the Field Investigation Office). — The Court resolves to NOTE and ACCEPT the compliance dated December 19, 2019 by petitioner Edwin Quia Balong-Angey (petitioner) with the November 25, 2019 Resolution, submitting his full contact details.
After a judicious study of the case, the Court further resolves to DENY the instant petition 1 since it appears that the May 28, 2019 Decision 2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) had already attained finality. Records reveal that petitioner received the CA Decision on June 12, 2019, and hence, he had fifteen days from its receipt, or until June 27, 2019, to file his motion for reconsideration. 3 However, he belatedly filed his motion for extension to file a motion for reconsideration and his motion for reconsideration on July 11, 2019 and July 29, 2019, respectively, 4 thereby, making the CA Decision final and executory. Settled is the rule that once a judgment attains finality, it may no longer be modified in any respect, even if such modification is meant to correct what is perceived to be an erroneous conclusion of fact or law, and regardless of whether the modification is attempted to be made by the court rendering it or by the highest court of the land, 5 save for certain exceptions, 6 none of which obtain in this case.
In any event, the CA properly found petitioner guilty of Simple Neglect of Duty for his failure to exercise such prudence, caution, and attention when he attested to the legality and regularity of the transactions despite the irregularities therein, and subsequently, signed the Disbursement Voucher 7 despite knowing that he is not the proper signatory thereto.
SO ORDERED. (Hernando, J., on official leave.)"
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, pp. 26-32.
2.Id. at 5-19. Penned by Associate Justice Ramon M. Bato, Jr. with Associate Justices Ramon A. Cruz and Ronaldo Roberto B. Martin, concurring.
3. See id. at 149.
4. See id.
5. See Metropolitan Cebu Water District v. Mactan Rock Industries, Inc., 690 Phil. 163, 176 (2012).
6.One Shipping Corporation v. Penafiel, 751 Phil. 204, 211 (2015).
7. Not attached to the rollo.