Memorandum Circular No. 58




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Circular No. 58, May 2, 1988 ] REITERATING THE TRANSFER FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE AUTHORITY TO REINSTATE PERSONS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE, TO APPOINT PERSONS WHO ARE 57 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE, AND TO EXTEND THE SERVICE OF THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY 65 YEARS OLD, EXCEPT PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES, UNDER LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 47, DATED AUGUST 18, 1976. WHEREAS, Letter of Implementation No. 47, dated August 18, 1976, transferred from the Office of the President to the Civil Service Commission the authority to reinstate persons who have previously retired from the service, to appoint persons who are 57 years old and above, and to extend the service of those who are already 65 years old, except Presidential appointees; WHEREAS, Memorandum Circular No. 35, dated August 24, 1987, modified Memorandum Circular No. 163, dated March 5, 1968, and enjoined strict observance thereof, particularly on the hiring or reappointment of retired government pensioner or annuitant; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to clarify that Memorandum Circular No. 35 was not intended to revoke Letter of Implementation No. 47; Accordingly, this Office hereby reiterates the transfer from this Office to the Civil Service Commission of the authority to reinstate persons who have previously retired from the service, to appoint persons who are 57 years old and above, and to extend services of those who are already 65 years old, except Presidential appointees, under Letter of Implementation No. 47, dated August 18, 1976. In requesting authority from the Civil Service Commission, all government department/bureaus/ offices/instrumentalities are hereby enjoined to comply strictly with the rules prescribed under Memorandum Order No. 35, dated August 24, 1987, modifying and reiterating Memorandum Circular No. 163, dated March 5, 1968. The transfer of authority shall be without prejudice to the residual revisory authority of the President as Chief Executive of the Land.1aшphi1 By authority of the President: (Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR. Executive Secretary Manila, May 2, 1988 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation