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Concerned Citizen vs Viven M. Torio, Sheriff III

CONCERNED CITIZEN, complainant, vs. VIVEN M. TORIO, Sheriff III, MTCC, Promulgated Branch 1, Batangas City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-01-1490 | 2002-07-11

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Being the front-line representatives of the justice system, sheriffs must always exert every effort to perform their duties in order to maintain public trust. They must see to it that the final stage in the litigation process -- the execution of the judgment -- is carried out with no unnecessary delay.

The Case and the Facts

Viven M. Torio, Sheriff III of the Municipal Trial Courts in Cities (MTCC), Branch I, Batangas City, is charged with gross inefficiency, dereliction of duty and/or incompetence. The Complaint arose from two anonymous letter-complaints dated October 15, 1999[1] and December 7, 1999[2]...