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Juan vs. Arias, et al

HON. CELESTINO C. JUAN, complainant, vs. MUNICIPAL JUDGE FAUSTINO P. ARIAS, CANDELARIA, QUEZON and ANSELMO NADRES, CLERK, respondents.

A.M. No. P-310 | 1976-08-23

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

This is a plain case of negligence which constrains the Court to order the suspension from office of a court employee and a municipal judge.

Having delayed for a period of seven (7) years the remand of Criminal Case 1322 of the Municipal Court of Candelaria, province of Quezon, entitled "People vs. Gregorio Balasbas, et al. for Homicide" to the Court of First Instance of Quezon, Municipal Judge Faustino Arias and his clerk, Anselmo Nadres, are hereby found guilty of gross negligence in the performance of their official duties.

The records of this case show that on January 10, 1966, Criminal Case 1322...