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Office of the Court Administrator Vs. Carteciano

RE: Administrative Matter No. 05-8-244-MTC (records of cases which remained in the custody of Retired Judge Romulo G. Carteciano, Municipal Trial Court, Los Ba?os, Laguna)

A.M. No. MTJ-07-1664 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 05-8-244-MTC) | 2008-02-18

R E S O L U T I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

The administrative case at bar arose from the letter[1] dated 4 November 2003 of Judge Katherine A. Go (Judge Go), Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC), Los Baños, Laguna, which informed the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) that during a physical inventory of records in her court, she discovered that there were records of cases which remained in the possession of former Presiding Judge Romulo G. Carteciano (Judge Carteciano). Judge Carteciano was the presiding judge of MTC, Los Baños, Laguna, until his compulsory retirement on 29 August 2000.

On 4 November 2003,...