Effect of Separation from Service

As we held in the case of Office of the Ombudsman v. Uldarico P. Andutan, Jr., separation from the service renders a former employee out of the reach of the government’s administrative processes with respect to the former employment, but this claim does not hold true if the separation from the service was in contemplation of and to escape administrative liability from an offense that took place and was investigated while the employee was still in the service (Office of the Court Administrator Vs. Jesus Vincent M. Carbon III, formerly Clerk III, RTC, Zamboanga City, A.M. No. P-10-2836. September 28, 2011).