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mT Vn CS on Administrative Cases in the Civil Service foaiaetoa aan CIVIL SERVICE MMI COMMISSION TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL PROVISIONS Rule i. Applicability and Construction Rule 2. Jurisdiction and Venue of Actions DISCIPLINARY CASES Rule 3. Complaint Rule 4. Preliminary Investigation Rule 5. Formal Charge Rule 6. Answer Rule 7. Preventive Suspension Rule 8. Formal Investigation Rule 9. Decision PENALTIES Rule 10. Schedule of Penalties REMEDIES. Rule 11. Settlement in Administrative Cases Motion for Reconsideration in Disciplinary Cases Rule 12. Appeal in Disciplinary Cases Rule 13. Petition for Review Rule 14. Removal of Administrative Penalties or Disabilities Page BR aa 27 29 30 32 32 CONTEMPT OF THE COMMISSION Rule 15. Procedure for Contempt NON-DISCIPLINARY CASES Rule 16 Rule 17. Rule 18. Rule 19. Rule 20. Rule 21. Rule 22. Rule 23. Invalidation or Disapproval of Appointment Protest Correction of Personal Information in the Records of the Commission Dropping from the Ralls Extension of Service Accreditation Service Request to Declare Positions as Non-Career/Career Remedies in Non-Disciplinary Cases MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Rule 24. Fees and Other Matters Page 34 35 36 38 40 42 43 45 46 48 FoREWORD institution of the government. Part of its constitutional mandate is to promulgate rules and procedures relating to civil service matters, including administrative discipline of civil servants. Pursuant to its stated mandate, the Commission has through the years formulated the necessary procedural guidelines that would govern the disposition of civil service cases and matters. T: Civil Service Commission is the premier human resource Essentially, the need to promulgate procedural guidelines cannot be overemphasized. They ensure a certain degree of consistency, predictability and stability, which values are integral in upholding the rule of law. Indeed, with rules and regulations properly laid down, there would be less occasion for personal whims and caprices. In other words, arbitrariness would be reduced in the decision-making process. Needless to state, the decision-makers would be guided in their course of actions, whether it be in deciding disciplinary cases involving their own workforce or in adjudicating actions involving other personnel actions. For quite sometime, the rules of precedure governing the disposition of both disciplinary and non-disciplinary cases in the civil service have been embodied in the Uniform Rules in Administrative Cases in the Civil Service (URACCS), which the Commission promulgated in 1999 to supplant the earlier procedural guidelines. This issuance has worked well but just like any human creation, it has also its own share of flaws and shortcomings, which have manifested through the years. Intent on addressing these infirmities, and consistent with its current thrust to achieve zero backlog of cases and the disposition of cases within forty days, the Commission has revisited the URACCS and after rigorous and painstaking review, the result is now what is in you

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