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Onofre G. Dulay, et al. vs. Judge Elias O. Lelina, Jr.

ONOFRE G. DULAY and MGA UMAASANG MAMAMAYAN NG QUIRINO, Complainants, versus JUDGE ELIAS O. LELINA, JR., Regional Trial Court, Branch 32, Cabarroguis, Quirino, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1516 | 2005-07-14

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J: 

Respondent Elias O. Lelina, Jr., presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court of Cabarroguis, Quirino, Branch 31, stands administratively charged for gross misconduct in two separate administrative complaints filed by the Mga Umaasang Mamamayan ng Quirino, docketed as A.M. OCA IPI No. 99-860-RTJ, and Onofre G. Dulay, docketed as A.M. OCA IPI No. 99-588-RTJ. 

An anonymous letter was sent by the Mga Umaasang Mamamayan ng Quirino to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on February 25, 1998[1] requesting for an investigation on the alleged violation of the Anti-Graft Law...