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Conception vs. Vela

JOSE P. CONCEPCION, complainant, vs. HON. JOSE R. VELA, Municipal Judge of Panganiban, Catanduanes; respondent.

A.M. No. 309-MJ | 1976-05-31

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

On July 17, 1972, Jose P. Concepcion, President of the Association of Barrio Councils in Panganiban, Catanduanes, filed a verified complaint with the Secretary of Justice against the Honorable Jose R. Vela, Municipal Judge of Panganiban, Catanduanes, for malfeasance and dereliction of duties, allegedly committed as follows:

"Count I That since January 1, 1971 up to the present, almost every Monday,
Tuesday and the whole day of Saturday, the said Municipal Judge Jose R. Vela, is always out of his station but in his daily time record and/or certificate of service he causes it to appear therein that he was...