G.R. No. 238077 - TEDDY L. PANARIGAN, VS. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - REGIONAL OFFICE (CSCRO) NO. III.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the petition for review of Teddy L. Panarigan, Clerk II, National Food Authority, Bulacan, is hereby DISMISSED. Accordingly, the Decision dated May 28, 2012 of the Civil Service Commission Regional Office (CSCRO) No. III, San Fernando City, Pampanga, finding Panarigan guilty of Dishonesty, Falsification of Official Document and Conduct Prejudicial to the Best Interest of the Service, is MODIFIED as Panarigan is hereby found GUILTY of two (2) counts of Serious Dishonesty. Further, the imposition of the penalty on Panarigan of dismissal from the service with all the accessory penalties of forfeiture of retirement benefits, cancellation of civil service eligibility, bar from taking any Civil Service examination, and perpetual disqualification from holding public office, is AFFIRMED. [18] The CSC ruled that the evidence showed that another person impersonated Panarigan when he filled-out the Application Form (AF) to take the July 21, 2002 CSPE. Also, the said impersonator accomplished the PSP in the name of Panarigan. Then to elude suspicion from the Processor of the AF, as well as the Supervising Examiner, Room Examiner and Room Proctor, on the day of the disputed examination, the impersonator submitted his own picture in the box provided and affixed the supposed signature of Panarigan. [19] Thus, the CSC declared that Panarigan's acts in (1) employing another person to take the CSPE for and in his behalf, and (2) indicating in his PDS that he passed the July 21, 2002 CSPE conducted in Malolos, Bulacan were two acts or counts of Serious Dishonesty and punishable by dismissal from the service. [20] Panarigan filed an MR, but was denied in Resolution No. 1300759 [21] dated April 16, 2013 for lack of merit. Panarigan filed a petition for review with the CA. Ruling of the CA In a Decision [22] dated June 6, 2017, the CA denied the petition and modified the ruling of the CSC. The dispositive portion states: WHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED. The Decision No. 120827 promulgated on November 26, 2012 of the Civil Service Commission finding petitioner Teddy L. Panarigan guilty of two (2) counts of Serious Dishonesty is MODIFIED. Petitioner is declared GUILTY of Serious Dishonesty, Grave Misconduct and Falsification of Official Document and meted the penalty of dismissal from the service including its accessory penalties of cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benefits, disqualification from taking future civil service examinations and perpetual disqualification from re-entering the government service. SO ORDERED.