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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Lourdes M. Garcia-Blanco, et al.

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, versus JUDGE LOURDES M. GARCIA-BLANCO and ATTY. LOLITA R. MERCADO, Branch Clerk of Court, both of the Regional Trial Court, Carigara, Leyte, Branch 36, Respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-05-1941 [Formerly OCA IPI NO. 05-6-373-RTC] | 2006-04-25

SECOND DIVISION

R E S O L U T I O N 


GARCIA, J.

This administrative complaint stemmed from the report of the judicial audit team [1] which conducted a judicial audit on November 17, 2004 in the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 36, of Carigara, Leyte, then presided over by Judge Lourdes M.G. Blanco, who compulsorily retired on February 16, 2005. 

Dated January 5, 2005, the Judicial Audit Report disclosed that as of November 17, 2004, Judge Blanco had a total caseload of 297 cases, consisting of 125 criminal and 172 civil cases. The Report tabulated the cases assigned to Judge Blanco with unresolved incidents and those...