G.R. No. 146175 - SIMEON M. VALDEZ, VS. GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the Commission hereby resolves to deny the instant request of Simeon Valdez. Accordingly, the assailed Opinion is affirmed. Petitioner then elevated the matter to the CA by way of petition for review on certiorari against the CSC and the GSIS. There, petitioner argued that his services rendered as Director of MECO should have been credited for retirement purposes and that his salary thereat should have been the highest remuneration considered in the computation of his retirement benefits. Petitioner likewise insisted that his respective tenures as Member of the Board of Regents of Ilocos Norte Institute of Technology (INIT) and the MMSU, as Director of the PHIVIDEC and as OIC Vice-Governor of Ilocos Norte be included as government service in the computation of his retirement benefits. On July 31, 2000, the CA rendered the herein challenged decision dismissing the petition and affirming both the January 14, 1999 Opinion and Resolution No. 991940 of the CSC. Dispositively, the Decision reads: With the foregoing, the assailed CSC Opinion dated 14 January 1999 and Resolution No. 991940 dated 31 August 1999 are hereby AFFIRMED. SO ORDERED.