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Re: Failure of Jose Dante E. Guerrero to Register His Time In and Out etc.

Re: FAILURE OF JOSE DANTE E. GUERRERO TO REGISTER HIS TIME IN AND OUT IN THE CHRONOLOG TIME RECORDER MACHINE ON SEVERAL DATES

A.M. No. 2005-07-SC | 2006-04-19

EN BANC

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, CJ:

The registration of attendance in office by public employees, especially through the Chronolog Time Recorder Machine (CTRM), is an attestation to the tax-paying public of their entitlement to their compensation. Thus, a deliberate refusal or failure to register attendance through the CTRM, especially for the purpose of concealing tardiness, is severely sanctioned by the law.

The Case and the Facts

This administrative case stems from a Report [1] of the Leave Division of the Supreme Court to the chief of the Complaints and Investigation Division. The Report was on the failure of Court Secretary II Jose...