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Leonila O. Pablejan vs. Teresita J. Calleja

LEONIDA O. PABLEJAN, Complainant, vs. TERESITA J. CALLEJA, Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 7, Tacloban City, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-06-2102 | 2006-01-24


FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 


PANGANIBAN, J.: 

The Court reiterates the oft repeated dictum that judicial employees should be living examples of uprightness not only in the performance of their official duties, but also in their personal and private dealings with other people. 

The Case and the Facts

This administrative case stems from a verified Complaint[1] filed by Leonida O. Pablejan[2] against Atty. Teresita Calleja, clerk of court of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 7, Tacloban City, who had employed her as household helper. The pertinent portions of the Complaint alleges as follows: 

"1. When I questioned why...