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Office Of The Court Administrator Vs. Jose R. Bawalan

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, complainant, vs. ATTY. JOSE R. BAWALAN, Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 23, Trece Martires City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-93-945 | 1994-03-24

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

Atty. Jose R. Bawalan, Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court of Trece Martires City, Branch 23, was charged in a letter-complaint filed before the Office of the Court Administrator with non-cooperation and negligence in the custody of records and accountable forms.

The Office of the Court Administrator, in its memorandum to the Court, 1 made the following findings of facts which we adopt for being consistent with and sustained by the evidence, to wit:

"In his letter dated February 2, 1993, Jorge P. Monroy, State Auditor IV, Department Auditor, Judiciary, forwarded to this court for appropriate action...