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Re: Report ...Audit … RTC, Br 22, Manila, Atty Eddie Tamondong vs Judge Marino Dela Cruz, Jr,

RE: REPORT ON THE JUDICIAL AUDIT CONDUCTED IN THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 22, MANILA

A.M. No. 00-1-10-RTC | 2004-09-10

D E C I S I O N


CALLEJO, SR., J.:

The instant administrative case is a consolidation[1] of two cases, both involving Judge Marino M. dela Cruz, Jr., presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 22.

A.M. No. 00-1-10-RTC

On October 26, 1999, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) directed a team to conduct an on-the-spot audit and physical inventory of cases pending in the sala of the respondent judge. The members of the judicial audit team conducted the audit from October 27, 1999 to November 4, 1999, having had difficulty reconciling the records of the court. When confronted about the unsystematic record-keeping...