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Office of the Court Administrator Vs. Leonila R. Acedo, etc./Re: Request ot withold salaries of Clerks of Court who continually failed to submit the required monthly reports

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant Versus LEONIDA A.R. ACEDO former Clerk of Court II of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Abuyog, Javier, Leyte, Respondent / RE: REQUEST TO WITHHOLD SALARIES OF CLERKS OF COURT WHO CONTINUALLY FAILED TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED MONTHLY REPORTS IN VIOLATION OF GUIDELINES SET FORTH UNDER SC CIRCULAR NO. 32-93.

A.M. No. P-09-2597 and A.M. No. 01-10-593-RTC | 2012-09-11

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D E C I S I O N 


MENDOZA, J.: 

These consolidated administrative matters originated from a memorandum1 submitting to the Court a list of clerks of court who had continually failed to submit the required monthly reports despite having been given two (2) due notices.

On October 23, 2001, the Court En Banc issued a Resolution2 requiring twenty-nine (29) clerks of court to show cause within ten (10) days from notice why they should not be disciplinarily dealt with for continually
failing to submit the required monthly reports. Respondent Leonila R. Acedo (Acedo), former Clerk of Court II of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court,...