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Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. vs Alfonso V. Melgar, et al.

LEPANTO CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY, complainant, vs. ALFONSO V. MELGAR and WILLIAM L. BADEN, Deputy Sheriffs, RTC, Baguio City, respondents.

A.M. No. P.92-725 | 1996-04-30

PER CURIAM:


In deciding these consolidated administrative cases, this Court reiterates the oft-repeated holding that sheriffs, being front-line personnel in the administration of justice, must always act with utmost integrity in the fulfillment of their duties, and exercise deliberate care to ensure that no undue damage is caused to others in the performance of their functions.

In the first captioned case (A.M. No. P-92-758), the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company in its administrative complaint 1 dated June 15, 1992 charged Deputy Sheriffs Alfonso V. Melgar and William L. Baden with "Grave Abuse of Authority and Serious Misconduct" 2:...