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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Normalyn P. Nacuray.

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, versus. NORMALYN P. NACURAY, Clerk III, Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Manila, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-03-1739 | 2006-04-07

EN BANC


D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:


The instant case stems from the result of the financial audit conducted in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court (RTC), Manila, on April 22, 2003. [1] The audit was prompted by a report of the incumbent Clerk of Court, Atty. Jennifer H. dela Cruz-Buendia, that one of the clerks assigned to receive payments had tampered with the entries in the duplicate copies of the Court’s official receipts. [2]


The Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) summarized the factual antecedents as follows:


"The anomaly was discovered when during the period of leave of absence of respondent, a...