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Melencio S. Sy vs. Carmelita S. Mongcupa

MELENCIO S. SY, Provincial Auditor, Tawi-Tawi, complainant vs. CARMELITA S. MONGCUPA, Steno Clerk III, OIC, RTC, Branch 5, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, respondent.

A.M. No. P-94-1110 | 1997-02-06

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

This court is both alarmed and saddened by the increasing frequency in its exercise of its supervisory power over employees of the judiciary who fail to meet the exacting standards of honesty, integrity and uprightness. This is another such case.

In a letter dated November 18, 1994 1 addressed to the Chief Justice, the Honorable Carlito A. Eisma, who is the Acting Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 5, Bongao, Tawi-tawi, complained of certain anomalies in the handling of court funds by the Officer-In-Charge (OIC) of the Office of the Clerk of Court in the person of one Carmelita S. Mongcupa....