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Office of the Court Administrator Vs. Lorenza M. Martinez, Clerk of Court, Municipal Trial Court, Candelaria, Quezon

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, vs. LORENZA M. MARTINEZ, Clerk of Court, Municipal Trial Court, Candelaria, Quezon.Respondent.

A.M. No. P-06-2223 | 2013-06-10

ENBANC 

DECISION 

PER CURIAM:

This administrative case arose from the financial audit conducted by the Court Management Office (CMO), Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), in the Municipal Trial Comi of Candelaria, Quezon (MTC). The audit covered the accountabilities of Lorenza M. Martinez (Martinez), Clerk of Court, from March 1985 to November 2005. 

In September 2004, the salaries of Martinez were with held. Beginning December 2005, she was excluded from the payroll because of her failure to submit the monthly reports of collections and deposits as required by SC Circular No. 32-93. 

The audit disclosed that Martinez...