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fice of the Court Administrator Vs. Arturo Batongbacal etc.

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, versus ARTURO BATONGBACAL, former Clerk of Court and REMEDIOS I. ROXAS, Court Stenographer I, Metropolitan Trial Court, Pulilan, Bulacan, Respondents.

A.M. No. P-06-2190 (Formerly A.M. No. 01-11-291-MTC) | 2009-03-25

RESOLUTION


PER CURIAM:

On August 13-17, 2001, a team from the Court Management Office (CMO) of the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) conducted an on-the-spot audit of the books of accounts of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Pulilan, Bulacan. The audit team found that former clerk of court Tomas E. Ocampo (Ocampo) and the then incumbent clerk of court, herein respondent, Arturo S. Batongbacal (Batongbacal) incurred shortages in their corresponding accounts.

On January 14, 2002, the Court issued a Resolution directing Ocampo and Batongbacal to remit or restitute their respective shortages. Ocampo complied with the Court's...