THE SUPREME Court (SC) ordered the dismissal of a stenographer after the Civil Service Commission (CSC) concluded that another person took the examination on his behalf.
In a resolution recently posted online, the High Court en banc dismissed from the service Nueva Ecija Municipal Trial Court stenographer Nestor D. Bulaong who was found guilty of dishonesty.
The court also ordered the forfeiture of all of his retirement benefits and with prejudice to reinstatement or appointment to any public office.
“His actions prejudiced not only the civil service but the public in general, as he improperly secured the government position when someone else was probably more qualified to hold it," it said.
The CSC, in 2013, referred the case to the Office of the SC Court Administrator and alleged that Bulaong committed dishonesty and grave misconduct in relation to the Career Service Professional Examination, held on Dec. 17, 1995 in Malolos, Bulacan.
Bulaong claimed that he took the examination and earned a rating of 88.01 percent. Eventually, he was appointed as Court Stenographer I.
However, the CSC discovered the scheme because there were glaring differences between the photograph and signature of Bulaong in his Personal Data Sheets (PDS) and in the examination's seat plan.
Aside from the photograph, the CSC also noted significant differences in the signature affixed in the PDS and the one appearing in the seat plan.
Further scrutiny revealed the loops, lines, slant, pressure, fineness, contours, and style of the two signatures belong to different persons.
"(I)t can be deduced that the fake examinee did not even try to imitate respondent Bulaong's signature as appearing in the PDS. Clearly, as aptly concluded by the CSC, this is a case of impersonation," the court said. ( Benjamin Pulta)
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