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OCA vs Judge Castillo

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, complainant, vs. JUDGE SILVERIO Q. CASTILLO, RTC, BR. 43, DAGUPAN CITY, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-01-1634 | 2001-10-25

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

The instant administrative matter arose from the judicial audit and physical inventory of records conducted by the complainant Office of the Court Administrator during the period September 16 to 20, 1996 in all the branches of the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City. The respondent Hon. Silverio Q. Castillo is the presiding judge of the court's Branch 43.

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