ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Supreme Court has rejected the petition for judicial review filed by a controversial school official in Marawi City who publicly challenged her removal by the Department of Education in the Muslim autonomous region, officials said on Thursday.

Director Amir Mawallil, of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (ARMM) Bureau of Public Information, said Mona Macatanong, the former school division superintendent, was ordered to vacate her office in May 2014 after she reached the compulsory retirement age of 65 in October 2013.

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