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Sta Maria v Lopez valid because this did no involve a transfer to another
office but merely a reassignment from the central office to
regional offices and had been effected with express
Where Sta Maria Dean of the College of Education was authority;As a general rule: An employee may be re-
transferred to being a special assistant under the assigned from one organizational unit to another in the
President by virtue of requests from his students files same agency, Provided, That such re-assignment shall not
before the Court claiming that such transfer was invalid involve a reduction in rank status and salary. there was
absent his consent and is a violation of his right to no violation of their right to security of tenure for their
security of tenure. The Court held that such transfer was transfer was made without a change in their position as
a demotion and is in fact in violation of his right of Director IV and no dimunition of rank status or salary; in
security of tenure; as a special assistant he merely assists fact in the first place they did not have a vested right to
the president and does not make authoritative decisions serve only at the central office
in his own name and responsibility; further such position
of special assistant is created only by the university
president as opposed to his previous position as dean
which was conferred by the university charter.