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OCA vs Judge Panfilo Salva, et al

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, petitioner, vs. JUDGE PANFILO S. SALVA, RTC, Branch 47, Puerto Princesa City [Formerly of MTCC, Puerto Princesa City] and JUDGE FERNANDO R. GOMEZ, JR., MTC, Brooke's Point, Palawan, respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-98-1412 | 2000-07-19

D E C I S I O N
KAPUNAN, J.:
The Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) conducted a judicial audit of the cases submitted for decision or resolution in the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) in Puerto Princesa City in 1997. The said court is presided by Judge Jocelyn S. Dilig, who was appointed on March 17, 1997 and who assumed her duties as presiding judge on June 1, 1997 after undergoing the orientation and immersion programs for newly appointed judges. The audit was made on the cases which Judge Dilig inherited from her predecessors, namely: (1) Judge Ofelia Abueg Sta. Maria who was appointed as presiding judge on January 30, 1987,...