THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) has reminded complainants and appellants of an administrative case to always comply with technical requirements for the case to move forward.

According to the CSC, complaints and appeals must always be in compliance with the technical provisions under the 2017 Rules on Administrative cases in the Civil Service (RACCS) or else it will just land in the “trash can.”

The Assistant Commissioner for Legal is in charge to issue orders dismissing cases found to be defective based on technical grounds under Resolution 2300030.

Rules of procedures for handling disciplinary and non-disciplinary administrative cases lodged in the CSC also falls under the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Legal.

The rule is in response to the increasing number of complaints and appeals found to be defective and dismissible due to the failure of concerned parties to observe and strictly comply with the requirements.

Having this rule would allow the Commission to focus on resolving cases based on the merits, thus streamlining the process and leading to speedier disposition of administrative cases.

Under the said resolution, the Office for Legal Affairs may recommend the dismissal of a complaint or appeal if these cases are not cognizable by the CSC or in the absence of any of the requisites for a valid complaint.

Anonymous complaints, where the act complained of is not public knowledge or the allegations cannot be verified or supported by documentary or direct evidence also merit a dismissal.

Same with the mootness and/or decisions which have attained finality and dismissal with prejudice due to failure to perfect an appeal after having been directed to comply by the CSC along with other analogous circumstances.

On the other hand, dismissed complaints may be refiled but the CSC said that appeals which are not perfected are barred from subsequent refiling.

The dismissal is also not subject to motion for reconsideration but can be appealed before the CSC.

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Joel dela Torre