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Atty. Corazon C. Pagulayan-Torres vs Carlota V. Gomez.

Atty. CORAZON C. PAGULAYAN-TORRES, Assistant Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Bacolod City, Complainant, versus CARLOTA V. GOMEZ, Clerk IV, Regional Trial Court, Bacolod City, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-03-1716 | 2005-06-09

D E C I S I O N 


PANGANIBAN, J.: 


The administration of justice is circumscribed by a heavy burden of responsibility. Everyone involved in its dispensation -- from the presiding judge to the lowliest clerk -- is required to live up to the strictest standards of competence, dedication and integrity in the public service. 

The Case and the Facts 

This administrative case stems from a Sworn Complaint[1] filed by Assistant Clerk of Court Corazon C. Pagulayan-Torres of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bacolod City against Carlota V. Gomez, Clerk IV of the same court. The pertinent portions of the Complaint read as...