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RE: Report on the Judicial Audit Conducted in the Regional Trial Court, Branches 87 and 98, Quezon City.

RE: REPORT ON THE JUDICIAL AUDIT CONDUCTED IN THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCHES 87 AND 98, QUEZON CITY.

A.M. No. 99-11-423-RTC | 2001-06-26

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

On September 15 to 17, 1999, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) conducted an audit and physical inventory of pending cases in Branches 87 and 98 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City. For Branch 87, the audit team reported to the Chief Justice that "Presiding Judge Elsie Ligot-Telan retired on September 6, 1999 with some undecided cases but still within the reglementary period when she retired."

However, in Branch 98 presided by Judge Justo M. Sultan, the audit team found that thirty-five (35) cases submitted for decision "were beyond the prescribed period."

In a Decision...