B-131699, JAN. 23, 1958
Highlights
ABRA WAS SUCCESSFUL IN A CLAIM SIMILAR TO YOURS WHICH HE FILED WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY FINANCE CENTER IN ST. BALAORO WAS. SUCH PAYMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE POST AUDIT BY OUR OFFICE AND SUCH ACTION WILL BE TAKEN WITH RESPECT THERETO AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE. YOU ARE ADVISED THAT OUR PREVIOUS ACTIONS REGARDING YOUR CLAIM WERE CORRECT AND ARE SUSTAINED. ANY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGARDING THIS MATTER WILL SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE.
B-131699, JAN. 23, 1958
TO MR. PIO T. LAGMAY:
YOUR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 25, 1957, REQUESTS THAT THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REVIEW YOUR CLAIM FOR AN AMOUNT ALLEGED TO BE DUE FOR ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE AS A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT FROM JUNE 2, 1942, TO NOVEMBER 25, 1945.
AS PREVIOUSLY POINTED OUT TO YOU THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE CANNOT AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO YOU, BECAUSE THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, 54 STAT. 1061, 31 U.S.C. 237, BARS ALL CLAIMS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE WITHIN TEN YEARS AFTER THE DATE THE CLAIM ACCRUED.
YOU SAY THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR, MR. LEANDRO BALAORO OF SAN JUAN, ABRA WAS SUCCESSFUL IN A CLAIM SIMILAR TO YOURS WHICH HE FILED WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY FINANCE CENTER IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. IF MR. BALAORO WAS, IN FACT, PAID AN AMOUNT FOR ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE UNDER IDENTICAL CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH PAYMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE POST AUDIT BY OUR OFFICE AND SUCH ACTION WILL BE TAKEN WITH RESPECT THERETO AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
IN ANY EVENT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT OUR PREVIOUS ACTIONS REGARDING YOUR CLAIM WERE CORRECT AND ARE SUSTAINED. THEREFORE, ANY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGARDING THIS MATTER WILL SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE.