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CONSTITUTIONAL*LAW*II*DIGESTS*(2012*–*2013)* * * *********ATTY.

*SEDFREY*CANDELARIA*
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G.R.$No.$L(45551$ !
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Alonzo$v.$Capulong$ RESOLUTIONS:$
! YES,!the!petition!has!merit.!!
Zorayda! Alonzo! (CEO! of! Home! Development! Mutual! Fund)! v.! Judge! WHEREFORE,! the! petition! for! certiorari! is! GRANTED;! the! writ! of!
Ignacio!Capulong!&!Juliet!Fajardo! preliminary!injunction!dated!April!1,!1993!is!ANNULLED!and!
! SET!ASIDE;!xxx!
Ponente:!Mendoza,!J.! !
! As! Chief! Executive! Officer! of! the! Home! Development! Mutual! Fund,!
BACKGROUND:$ petitioner!Alonzo!is!the!proper!disciplining!authority!within!the!meaning!
A!petition!for!certiorari!to!set!aside!the!order!dated!March!31,!1993!of! of!§51,!Chapter!7,!Title!1,!Book!V!of!the!Administrative!Code!of!1987.!
respondent! judge! Ignacio! Capulong,! who! issued! a! TRO! on! the! !
suspension! of! private! respondent! Juliet! Fajardo! as! manager! of! the! §51.! Preventive! Suspension.! —! The! proper! disciplining! authority! may!
Administrative!Services!Department!of!the!Home!Development!Mutual! preventively! suspend! any! subordinate! officer! or! employee! under! his!
Fund.! December! 17,! 1992! Celeste! G.! AlTJawazneh,! who! had! been! authority!pending!an!investigation,!if!the!charge!against!such!officer!or!
supplying! office! uniforms! and! providing! transportation! service! to! PagT employee! involves! dishonesty,! oppression! or! grave! misconduct,! or!
ibig! Fund! employees,! wrote! a! letter! to! the! Chief! Executive! Officer,! neglect! in! the! performance! of! duty,! or! if! there! are! reasons! to! believe!
herein!petitioner!Zorayda!Alonzo,!complaining!against!Ms.!Fajardo.!! that! the! respondent! is! guilty! of! charges! which! would! warrant! his!
! removal!from!the!service.!
The! letter! reads:! “xxx! the! mere! presence! of! Ms.! Fajardo! and! Mr.! Dy,! !
whom!we!know!have!already!made!some!derogatory!remarks!about!us! Alonzo! is! in! a! position! to! influence! employees! under! her! or! otherwise!
to!the!DBM!personnel,!constitutes!a!great!bias!against!our!bid.!May!we! impede!the!investigation.!Respondent!court's!order!that!there!must!be!
therefore!request!that!a!replacement!be!made!in!the!interest!of!fairness! a!hearing!before!preventive!suspension!may!be!imposed!is!thus!a!virtual!
which!we!are!all!willing!to!abide!with.”! disregard! of! the! settled! rule! that! the! preventive! suspension! of! a! civil!
! service! employee! or! officer! can! be! ordered! even! without! a! hearing!
Alonzo! contends! that! the! investigation! being! conducted! by! her! office! because!such!suspension!is!not!a!penalty!but!only!a!preliminary!step!in!
was!purely!an!administrative!one!and!that!private!respondent!failed!to! an! administrative! investigation! and! for! this! reason! constitutes! a! grave!
exhaust! administrative! remedies! by! appealing! to! the! Civil! Service! abuse!of!its!discretion.!
Commission.! !
! Purpose! of! Preventive! Suspension:! To! prevent! the! accused! from! using!
ISSUES$TO$BE$RESOLVED:$ his!position!or!office!to!influence!prospective!witnesses!or!tamper!with!
1. Whether!or!not!Judge!Capulong!committed!a!grave!abuse!of!his! the! records! which! may! be! vital! in! the! prosecution! of! the! case! against!
discretion! in! taking! cognizance! of! the! case! and! stopping! the! him.!
preventive!suspension!of!private!respondent!whom!he!ordered!
to!be!allowed!to!continue!in!office!

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