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OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR COMPLAINANT, VS. RETIRED JUDGE GUILLERMO R. ANDAYA, RESPONDENT.

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR COMPLAINANT, VS. RETIRED JUDGE GUILLERMO R. ANDAYA, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. RTJ-09-2181 [Formerly A.M. No. 09-4-174-RTJ] | 2013-06-25

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LEONEN, J.:

Before the Court is an administrative case for gross incompetence, inefficiency, negligence, and dereliction of duty against Judge Guillermo R. Andaya, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 53, Lucena City, Quezon, who retired on March 27, 2009.

On January 19, 20, and 21, 2009, a judicial audit docketed as A.M. No. 09-4-174-RTC was conducted on the Regional Trial Court, Branch 53, Lucena City, Quezon, then presided by the respondent Judge Guillermo R. Andaya. In a Memorandum[1] dated April 14, 2009, then Court Administrator and now Hon. Associate Justice Jose P. Perez recommended that a fine be imposed on...