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    PEREZ VS PTTC (2009)

    [G.R. No. 152048; April 7, 2009] Constitutional Law| Procedural Due Process
    FELIX B. PEREZ and AMANTE G. DORIA,
    vs.
    PHILIPPINE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANY and JOSE LUIS SANTIAGO,

    FACTS:
    Felix Perez and Amante Doria were employed by Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Company
    (PT&T) as shipping clerk and supervisor. There was an alleged anomalous transactions that the
    freight costs for goods and shipping documents showed traces of tampering, alteration and
    superimposition. The said petitioners were placed on preventive suspension for 30 days which
    was extended for 15 days twice for their alleged involvement in the anomaly. Pursuant to the
    suspension and filing of criminal charges, petitioners were then dismissed from the service.
    Petitioners filed a complaint for illegal suspension and illegal dismissal and alleged that they
    were dismissed on the same date that they received the complaint memorandum.

    ISSUE:
    Whether the petitioners were denied due process entailed in their dismissal.

    HELD:
    Respondents failed to prove just cause and to observe due process. To meet the requirements of
    due process in the dismissal of an employee, an employer must furnish the worker with two
    written notices:

    1. a written notice specifying the grounds for termination and giving to said employee a
    reasonable opportunity to explain his side and
    2. another written notice indicating that, upon due consideration of all circumstances, grounds
    have been established to justify the employer’s decision to dismiss the employee.
    In the said case, petitioners were neither apprised of the charges against them nor given a chance
    to defend themselves. They were simply and arbitrarily separated from work and served notices
    of termination in total disregard of their rights to due process and security of tenure. The twin
    requirements of notice and hearing constitute the essential elements of due process. Due process
    of law simply means giving opportunity to be heard before judgment is rendered.

    Petition is granted.

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