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1) Eight public school teachers participated in mass protests over work grievances and were suspended without notice.
2) The teachers filed complaints with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) alleging violations of their rights.
3) The Secretary of Education filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the CHR lacked jurisdiction.
4) The court ruled the CHR could investigate alleged human rights violations but did not have powers of a court or quasi-judicial agency like adjudicating the issues. The appropriate process was to appeal decisions through the Department of Education and Civil Service Commission.
1) Eight public school teachers participated in mass protests over work grievances and were suspended without notice.
2) The teachers filed complaints with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) alleging violations of their rights.
3) The Secretary of Education filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the CHR lacked jurisdiction.
4) The court ruled the CHR could investigate alleged human rights violations but did not have powers of a court or quasi-judicial agency like adjudicating the issues. The appropriate process was to appeal decisions through the Department of Education and Civil Service Commission.
1) Eight public school teachers participated in mass protests over work grievances and were suspended without notice.
2) The teachers filed complaints with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) alleging violations of their rights.
3) The Secretary of Education filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the CHR lacked jurisdiction.
4) The court ruled the CHR could investigate alleged human rights violations but did not have powers of a court or quasi-judicial agency like adjudicating the issues. The appropriate process was to appeal decisions through the Department of Education and Civil Service Commission.
Cario (Secretary of DECS) v. CHR statements to the CHR to complain that
while participating in the mass actions, FACTS: their replacements as teachers was On a Monday and a class day, some allegedly without notice and 800 public school teachers, among them consequently for reasons completely member of the Manila Public School unknown to them. Teachers Association (MPSTA) and Sec. Cario filed a motion to dismiss the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) complaints on the grounds that it states undertook mass concerted actions to no cause of action and that the CHR has dramatize and highlight their plight no jurisdiction over the case. resulting from the alleged failure of the Judgments affecting the striking public authorities to act upon grievances teachers decreed the dismissal of one that had time and again been brough to respondent and the suspension for 9 their attention. They stayed away from months of the others that it would be their classes, converged at the better to take to the Civil Service Liwasang Bonifacio, gathered in Commission on the matters complained peaceable assemblies, and so on. of, and ruling Carios orders prima facie The teachers were served with an order lawful. of the Secretary of Education to return to The CHR denied Carios motion to work in 24 hours or face dismissal, and dismiss, clearing its postion to determine a memorandum directing the DECS to adjudicate the same issues passed officials concered to initiate dismissal upon by the DECS, proceedings against those who did not ISSUE: W/N the CHR has the power under comply and to hire their replacements. the Constitution to do so like a court of Despite this, the mass actions continued justice or evena quasi-judicial agency into the week with more teachers joining in the days that followed. HELD: The CHR has no such power; and Eight of the private respondents, it was not meant by the fundamental law teachers at Ramon Magsaysay High to be another court or quasi-judicial School, Manila agreed to support the agency, or duplicate the functions of the non-political demands of the MPSTA. latter. For failure to heed the return-to-work At most, it may investigate, receive order,private respondents, CHR evidence and make findings of fact as complainants, were administratively regards to claimed human rights charged on the basis of the principals violations involving civil and political report and given 5 days to answer the rights. charges. They were suspended for 90 Fact finding is not adjudication, and days pursuant to Sec. 41 of PD 807, and cannot be likened to the judicial function temporarily replaced of a court of justice or even a quasi- The CHR complainants filed for a motion judicial agency or official. for suspension of administrative The issues on whether the Secretary of proceedings which was denied, and so Education committed human rights they staged a walkout signifying their violations involving civil and political rights intent to boycott the entire proceedings. are matters that may be passed upon and The MPSTA filed a petition for certiorari determined through a motion for to the SC against petitioner Cario, reconsidereation addressed to the initially dismissed by the RTC, on the Secretary of Education himself, reviewed by alleged violation of their right to due the Civil Service Commision, and eventually, process and peaceable assmebly. ACT the Supreme Court. filed a similar petition with the SC. The resp. teachers submitted sworn