A.M. No. CA-91-3-P - ANSBERTO P. PAREDES, COMPLAINANT, VS. FRANCISCO S. PADUA, CLERK III, COURT OF APPEALS.RESOLUTION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, Francisco S. Padua is hereby DISMISSED from the service with prejudice to his reinstatement or appointment to any public office including government owned or controlled corporations and his retirement benefits, if any, are ordered forfeited. Let a copy of this Decision be forwarded to the Court of Appeals and the Civil Service Commission. Thereafter, to obtain a reconsideration of his dismissal and of the forfeiture of his retirement and leave benefits, respondent filed several pleadings, enumerated below: Motion for Reconsideration [3] dated June 2, 1993, denied in the Resolution of June 20, 1993, [4] for its failure to raise any substantial argument to warrant the reversal of the questioned Decision. Motion to Set Aside Decision or its Effects and/or to Lift Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits [5] dated August 14, 1993, denied for lack of merit in the Resolution of March 10, 1994. [6] Motion for the Lifting of Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits and for Collection of Vacation and Sick or Leave Benefits [7] dated November 26, 1994, denied in the Resolution of December 8, 1994. [8] Plea for Judicial Clemency and Compassion [9] dated March 10, 1998, denied for lack of merit in the Resolution of April 28, 1998. [10] Motion for Reconsideration [11] dated June 17, 1998 of the Resolution of April 28, 1998, denied with finality in the Resolution of August 18, 1998, [12] for failure of respondent to present any substantial argument. Motion for Reconsideration [13] dated October 6, 1998, treated by the Court as a Second Motion for Reconsideration and denied for lack of merit in the Resolution of November 10, 1998. [14] Manifestation (for Judicial Clemency and Compassion) [15] dated June 29, 1999, referred by the Court to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) for evaluation, report and recommendation; [16] recommended for denial by then Court Administrator Alfredo L. Benipayo in his Memorandum [17] of August 16, 1999; and the recommended denial approved by the Court in its September 14, 1999 Resolution. [18] Letter dated September 15, 1999, asking for pardon, denied for lack of merit in the Courts October 5, 1999 Resolution. [19] Plea for Judicial Clemency and Compassion [20] dated April 10, 2000, denied for lack of merit in the Courts Resolution of June 27, 2000. [21] Motion for Reconsideration [22] of the June 27, 2000 Resolution, denied with finality in the January 23, 2001 Resolution, [23] for lack of substantial argument. Renewed Plea for Judicial Clemency and Compassion [24] dated March 18, 2002, denied for lack of merit in the Courts April 16, 2002 Resolution. [25] Motion to Submit Additional Evidence in Support of Renewed Plea for Judicial Clemency and Compassion [26] dated April 4, 2002, denied on April 23, 2002. [27] Motion for Reconsideration [28] (dated May 30, 2002) of the April 16, 2002 Resolution, denied [29] for lack of merit. Motion for Reconsideration -- A Plea for Mercy [30] dated December 17, 2002 -- denied [31] inas