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EDNA FE F. AQUINO vs. ISABELO LAVADIA, Sheriff IV, Regional Trial Court, Cabagan, Isabela

EDNA FE F. AQUINO, complainant, vs. ISABELO LAVADIA, Sheriff IV, Regional Trial Court, Cabagan, Isabela, respondent.

A.M. No. P-01-1483 | 2001-09-20

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Sheriffs have a ministerial duty to implement writs of execution promptly. Their unreasonable failure or neglect to perform such function constitutes inefficiency and gross neglect of duty.

The Case

Before us is an Administrative Complaint charging Isabelo Lavadia, Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cabagan, Isabela, with inefficiency and gross neglect of duty arising from his alleged refusal to execute the Writs of Execution in Civil Case Nos. 20-576, 20-613, 20-627 and 19-411.

The Facts

The facts are disclosed by complainant in her letter-complaint[1] as follows:

"In relation to our...