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SECOND DIVISION
A.M. No. P-1487 December 20, 1977
MARIA H. PEROL, Complainant, vs. ARSENIO LUPISAN, JR., Respondents.
R E S O L U T I O N
AQUINO, J.:
chanrobles virtual law libraryMaria H. Perol, a cashier in the D & G restaurant at North Bay Boulevard, Navotas, Rizal, in her verified complaint dated December 27, 1976, charged Arsenio R. Lupisan, Jr., the interpreter in the municipal court of Navotas, Rizal, with immorality for having allegedly caused her pregnancy.chanroblesvirtualawlibrarychanrobles virtual law library
Lupisan denied the charge. He explained that his relations with Maria were platonic and that she had made him the scapegoat for her predicament after she teamed that he is the sole heir of his widowed mother.chanroblesvirtualawlibrarychanrobles virtual law library
At the hearing on October 25, 1977, conducted by the Executive Judge of the Court of First Instance of Caloocan City, Lupisan moved for the dismissal of the charge on the ground that he had ceased to be a court interpreter because his appointment expired on August 11, 1977 and that he was not seeking reappointment.chanroblesvirtualawlibrarychanrobles virtual law library
In view of that motion to dismiss, the counsel for Maria H. Perol manifested that she was withdrawing her complaint.chanroblesvirtualawlibrarychanrobles virtual law library
The Investigator in his report recommended that the case be considered closed.chanroblesvirtualawlibrarychanrobles virtual law library
Under the circumstances, there is no justification for further proceeding against respondent Lupisan.chanroblesvirtualawlibrarychanrobles virtual law library
WHEREFORE, the complaint is dismissed and this case is considered closed.chanroblesvirtualawlibrarychanrobles virtual law library
SO ORDERED.
Barredo, Antonio, Concepcion, Jr. and Guerrero, JJ., concur.chanroblesvirtualawlibrarychanrobles virtual law library
Fernando and Santos, JJ., are on leave.chanroblesvirtualawlibrarychanrobles virtual law library
Guerrero, J., was designated to sit in the Second Division.