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2015-08-18 |
VELASCO JR., J. |
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| Time and again, the Court has followed the practice of liberal treatment in passing upon retirement issues and claims,[21] particularly of judges and justices, obviously in keeping with the beneficial intendment[22] of retirement laws which is to reward satisfactory past services and at the same time provide the retiree with the means to support himself and his family in his remaining years.[23] In the recent case of Re: Application for Survivorship Pension Benefits under [RA] No. 9946 of Mrs. Pacita A. Gruba,[24] the Court restated the principle underlying such benign interpretation in favor of retired personnel, thus: On several occasions, this Court has liberally interpreted retirement laws in keeping with its purpose. In Government Service Insurance System v. De Leon: | |||||