FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 218066. July 20, 2015.]
LORENA S. RELLERMO,petitioner,vs. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution dated July 20, 2015 which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 218066 (Lorena S. Rellermo v. Civil Service Commission). — The counsel for petitioner is hereby required to COMPLY within five (5) days from notice hereof with A.M. No. 07-6-5-SC dated July 10, 2007 re: statement of contact details (e.g. telephone number, fax number, cellular phone number or e-mail address) of parties or their counsels in all papers and pleadings filed with the Supreme Court.
After a judicious review of the records, the Court resolves to DENY the instant petition and AFFIRM the August 7, 2014 Decision 1 and April 7, 2015 Resolution 2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 129437 for failure of petitioner Lorena S. Rellermo (petitioner) to show that the CA committed any reversible error in holding that she failed to meet the needed seven (7) years of government service required under Republic Act No. (RA) 6850. 3
As correctly ruled by the CA, petitioner failed to substantiate her claim that: (a) she had rendered a total of seven (7) years of government service; and (b) she held a temporary appointment as of February 8, 1990. 4 Accordingly, petitioner was not qualified to receive the grant of Career Service Professional Eligibility under the said law.
Moreover, findings of fact made by quasi-judicial bodies and administrative agencies, when supported by substantial evidence, are generally accorded respect and finality by the appellate courts, 5 unless there is grave abuse of discretion or the same were arrived at arbitrarily or in disregard of the evidence on record, 6 which do not obtain in this case.
SO ORDERED."SERENO, C.J., on official leave; PERALTA, J., acting member per S.O. No. 2103 dated July 13, 2015. LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J., on official leave; LEONEN, J., acting member per S.O. No. 2108 dated July 13, 2015.
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) EDGAR O. ARICHETADivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. Rollo, pp. 23-32. Penned by Associate Justice Michael P. Elbinias with Associate Justices Isaias P. Dicdican and Victoria Isabel A. Paredes concurring.
2. Id. at 34-35. Penned by Associate Justice Isaias P. Dicdican with Associate Justices Francisco P. Acosta and Victoria Isabel A. Paredes concurring.
3. Entitled "AN ACT TO GRANT CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES APPOINTED UNDER PROVISIONAL OR TEMPORARY STATUS WHO HAVE RENDERED A TOTAL OF SEVEN (7) YEARS OF EFFICIENT SERVICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"; approved on February 8, 1990.
4. Section 1 of RA 6850 provides:
SEC. 1. All government employees as of the approval of this Act who are holding career civil service positions appointed under provisional or temporary status who have rendered at least a total of seven (7) years of efficient service may be granted the civil service eligibility that will qualify them for permanent appointment to their present positions.
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5. Japson v. Civil Service Commission, 663 Phil. 665, 675 (2011); citation omitted.
6. Id.; citation omitted.