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Cabungcal vs. Lorenzo

The Sangguniang Bayan of San Isidro, Nueva Ecija issued resolutions reorganizing the municipal government and approving a new staffing pattern. The Mayor then issued a memorandum informing employees that their positions were deemed vacant and they must reapply. The petitioners filed with the Court of Appeals instead of submitting applications. The Court of Appeals dismissed the petition. The Supreme Court ruled the petitioners should have filed with the Civil Service Commission first, as it has jurisdiction over appeals from personnel actions resulting from reorganization. Courts generally require exhaustion of administrative remedies before judicial intervention is allowed.

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Cabungcal vs. Lorenzo

The Sangguniang Bayan of San Isidro, Nueva Ecija issued resolutions reorganizing the municipal government and approving a new staffing pattern. The Mayor then issued a memorandum informing employees that their positions were deemed vacant and they must reapply. The petitioners filed with the Court of Appeals instead of submitting applications. The Court of Appeals dismissed the petition. The Supreme Court ruled the petitioners should have filed with the Civil Service Commission first, as it has jurisdiction over appeals from personnel actions resulting from reorganization. Courts generally require exhaustion of administrative remedies before judicial intervention is allowed.

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Apiado, Elyn D.

CABUNGCAL vs. LORENZO


G.R. No. 160367; December 18, 2009
DEL CASTILLO, J.:

STATEMENT OF FACTS
The Sangguniang Bayan of San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, issued a resolution declaring the
reorganization of all offices of the municipal government. Thereafter, the Sangguniang Bayan
issued another resolution approving and adopting the proposed new staffing pattern of the
municipal government.
Subsequently, the Mayor Lorenzo issued a memorandum informing all employees of the
municipal government that, pursuant to the reorganization, all positions were deemed vacant and
that all employees must file their respective applications for the newly created positions.
Otherwise, they would not be considered for any of the newly created positions.
Instead of submitting their respective applications, petitioners filed with the CA a Petition
for Prohibition and Mandamus with application for issuance of Writ of Preliminary Injunction
and Restraining Order. They prayed for the nullification of the resolutions.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE


Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court are
the March 20, 2003 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) dismissing petitioners’ petition for
lack of merit and its October 6, 2003 Resolution denying the motion for reconsideration.

ISSUE
Whether or not petitioners’ automatic resort to the Court of Appeals is proper.

RULING
No. Petitioners’ recourse should have been with the Civil Service Commission and not
with the Court of Appeals. The CSC which has jurisdiction over appeals from personnel actions
taken by respondents against petitioners as a result of reorganization.
In this case, petitioners are former local government employees whose services were
terminated due to the reorganization of the municipal government under Resolution Nos. 27 and
80 of the Sangguniang Bayan of San Isidro, Nueva Ecija. Considering that they belong to the civil
service, the CSC has jurisdiction over their separation from office.
Apiado, Elyn D.

APPLICABLE LAWS, PRINCIPLES, AND DOCTRINES


As a rule, judicial intervention is allowed only after exhaustion of administrative
remedies. This principle goes hand-in-hand with the doctrine of primary jurisdiction, which
precludes courts from resolving, in the first instance, controversies falling under the jurisdiction
of administrative agencies. Courts recognize that administrative agencies are better equipped to
settle factual issues within their specific field of expertise because of their special skills and
technical knowledge. For this reason, a premature invocation of the court’s judicial power is often
struck down, unless it can be shown that the case falls under any of the applicable exceptions.

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