G.R. No. 158071 - JOSE SANTOS, VS. COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS SETTLEMENT, AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS).D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered denying Petitioner Jose S. Santos' Petition to be allowed to retire under the pension plan under RA 660, and modifying the Resolution of the Government Service Insurance System's Committee on Claims Settlement adopted in its Committee Meeting No. 158 held on September 23, 1996, insofar as it limits Petitioner's mode of retirement to that provided in RA 8291. The Operating Unit concerned is ordered to process Petitioner's retirement effective March 21, 2000 under the gratuity retirement of RA 1616 or the pension retirement under RA 8291 after he formally indicates which mode he would like to avail of. SO ORDERED.