PROF. PACIANO T. QUIROL, PETITIONER, VS. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (CSC) AND DHALIA MABOLOC, RESPONDENTS.

The Court hereby resolves to NOTE the Motion for Extension of Time to File Petition for Review^[1] was filed by petitioner, praying for an extension of fifteen (15) days within which to file his Petition for Review and ADMIT petitioner’s Petition for Review^[2] filed on February 6, 2013.

A perusal of the rollo, reveals the following infirmities:

1. Payment for the docket and other legal fees is short of P1,230.00.
2. Failure of the petitioner to attach the registry receipt number of the petition furnished to the public respondent Chairman, Civil Service Commission, Constitution Hills, Quezon City.
3. No explanation why filing of the petition to this Court was not done personally^[3].
4. Petitioner failed to show any competent evidence of his identity at least one current identification/document issued by any official agency bearing his photograph and signature (Verification and Certification of Non-Forum Shopping^[4]).

The foregoing material and substantial defects warrant an outright dismissal of the instant petition^[5].

WHEREFORE, the Petition is hereby DISMISSED.

SO ORDERED.

Ingles, (Chairperson) and [*]Quijano-Padilla, JJ., concur.

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^[*] Received from the Office of Justice Marilyn B. Lagura-Yap on October 18, 2013.

^[*] Acting Junior Member per Office Order No. 472-13-ABR dated December 12, 2013.

^[1] Rollo, pages 3-5.

^[2] Rollo, pages 37-62.

^[3] Martin Peñoso and Elizabeth Peñoso, vs. Macrosman Dona, G.R. No. 154018, April 3, 2007, citing, Solar Team Entertainment, Inc. v. Judge Ricafort, 355 Phil. 404, 413-414 (1998), See also, Section 11, Rule 13 of the Rules of Court provides:

Sec. 11. Priorities in modes of service and filing. – Whenever practicable, the service and filing of pleadings and other papers shall be done personally. Except with respect to papers emanating from the court, a resort to other modes must be accompanied by a written explanation why the service or filing was not done personally. A violation of this Rule may be cause to consider the paper as not filed.

^[4] 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice (A.M. No. 02-8-13-SC), effective Aug. 1, 2004, amended on Feb. 19, 2008. “Rule II, Sec. 6. Jurat.- “Jurat” refers to an act in which an individual on a single occasion: (a) appears in person before the notary public and presents an instrument or document;”

Sec. 13. Competent Evidence of Identity. – The phrase “competent evidence of identify” refers to the identification of an individual based on: (a) at least one current identification document issued by an official agency bearing the photograph and signature of the individual; or (b) x x x. (emphasis supplied)

^[5] Rule 42 of the Revised Rules of Court

Section 3. Effect of failure to comply with requirements.

The failure of the petitioner to comply with any of the foregoing requirements regarding payment of the docket and other lawful fees, the deposit for costs, proof of service of the petition, and the contents of and the documents which should accompany the petition shall be sufficient ground for the dismissal thereof.