G.R. No. 206379, November 19, 2014, CECILIA PAGADUAN, PETITIONER, VS. CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION* AND REMA MARTIN SALVADOR, RESPONDENTS.
“X x x.
Finally, even if dismissal had been one of the
accessory penalties of the principal penalty imposed upon petitioner in the
criminal case, and even if the administrative case had been decided earlier
than the criminal case, still the imposition of he penalty of
dismissal could not have been suspended by the grant of probationt. As
petitioner himself contends, the criminal action is separate and distinct from
the administrative case. And, if only for that reason, so is administrative
liability separate and distinct from penal liability. Hence, probation
affects only the criminal aspect of the case, not its administrative dimension.25 [Emphases
supplied]
X x x.”
