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2011-07-06 |
VILLARAMA, JR., J. |
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| On the other hand, the power of supervision means "overseeing or the authority of an officer to see to it that the subordinate officers perform their duties."[35] If the subordinate officers fail or neglect to fulfill their duties, the official may take such action or step as prescribed by law to make them perform their duties. Essentially, the power of supervision means no more than the power of ensuring that laws are faithfully executed, or that subordinate officers act within the law.[36] The supervisor or superintendent merely sees to it that the rules are followed, but he does not lay down the rules, nor does he have discretion to modify or replace them.[37] | |||||
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2010-12-08 |
PEREZ, J. |
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| This, notwithstanding, we have, in a number of cases, opted to relax the rule in order that the ends of justice may be served.[32] The defect being merely formal and not jurisdictional, we ruled that the court may nevertheless order the correction of the pleading, or even act on the pleading "if the attending circumstances are such that xxx strict compliance with the rule may be dispensed with in order that the ends of justice xxx may be served."[33] At any rate, a pleading is required to be verified only to ensure that it was prepared in good faith, and that the allegations were true and correct and not based on mere speculations.[34] | |||||