G.R. No. 206379, November 19, 2014, CECILIA PAGADUAN, PETITIONER, VS. CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION* AND REMA MARTIN SALVADOR, RESPONDENTS.
"X x x.
Salvador did not appeal from the said judgment and,
instead, filed an application for probation which was granted. It has been held
that an application for probation is an admission of guilt.14 Logically
then, when Salvador applied for probation, she admitted the making of an
untruthful statement in her PDS. InLumancas v. Intas,15 the Court
held that “the accomplishment of the Personal Data Sheet being a requirement
under the Civil Service Rules and Regulations in connection with employment in
the government, the making of an untruthful statement therein was, therefore,
intimately connected with such employment.”16 The filing of a PDS is required in
connection with the promotion to a higher position and contenders for promotion
have the legal obligation to disclose the truth. Otherwise, enhancing their
qualifications by means of false statements will prejudice other qualified
aspirants to the same position17
X x x."
