GSIS V.

CIVIL SERVICE
FACTS
The GSIS dismissed six government employees on account of irregularities in the canvassing
of supplies. The employees appealed to the Merit Board. Said board found for the employees and
declared the dismissal as illegal because no hearing took place. The GSIS took the issue to the Civil
Service which then ruled that the dismissal was indeed illegal. The CSC thereafter ordered the
reinstatement of the employees and demanded the payment of backwages. The replacements of the
dismissed

employees

should

then

be

released

from

service.

The GSIS remained unconvinced and raised the issue to the SC. SC affirmed the Civil Service ruling
saying o The CSC acted within its authority o Reinstatement was proper o However, the SC modified the
requirement of backpay. Said backpay should be made after the outcome of the disciplinary proceedings.
Heirs of the dismissed employees filed a motion for execution of the Civil Service resolution so that
backwages can be paid. GSIS however denied the motion saying that the SC modified that part of the
ruling.
CSC nonetheless thumbed its nose to the GSIS and granted the motion. GSIS was made to pay.
Backed against the wall, GSIS filed certiorari with the SC asking that the CSC order be nullified. The
GSIS contends that the CSC has no power to execute its judgments.
ISSUE
Whether the Civil Service has the power to enforce its judgments
HELD
YES. The Civil Service Commission is a consitutional commission invested by the Constitution and
relevant laws not only with authority to administer the civil service, but also with quasi-judicial powers. It
has the authority to hear and decide administrative disciplinary cases instituted directly with it or brought
to

it

on

appeal.

It

has the

power,

too,

sitting

en

banc,

to

promulgate

its

own

rules

concerning pleadings and practice before it or before any of its offices, which rules should not however
diminish,

increase,

or

modify

substantive

rights.

In light of all the foregoing consitutional and statutory provisions, it would appear absurd to deny to the
Civil Service Commission the power or authority or order execution of its decisions, resolutions or orders.
It would seem quite obvious that the authority to decide cases is inutile unless accompanied by the
authority to see that what has been decided is carried out. Hence, the grant to a tribunal or agency of
adjudicatory power, or the authority to hear and adjudge cases, should normally and logically be deemed

to include the grant of authority to enforce or execute the judgments it thus renders, unless the law
otherwise
Therefore, the GSIS must yield to the order of the CSC.

provides.