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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Felix G. Gaudiel, Jr

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, vs. JUDGE FELIX G. GAUDIEL, JR., Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-04-1825 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 03-12-689-RTC] | 2006-01-27


THIRD DIVISION

R E S O L U T I O N 

QUISUMBING, J.: 

This administrative matter arose from a judicial audit conducted in connection with the compulsory retirement of respondent Judge Felix G. Gaudiel, Jr., as the presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 64, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental. 

The audit team reported that as of audit date, October 14, 2002, Branch 64 had only 23[1] cases submitted for decision, seventeen (17)[2] of which were left undecided, in contravention of the 90-day period for deciding cases. The audit also revealed that Judge Gaudiel, Jr., failed to resolve within the prescribed period the pending...