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Benigno B. Reas vs. Carlos M. Relacion

BENIGNO B. REAS, Complainant, vs. CARLOS M. RELACION, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-05-2095 | 2011-02-09




THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:


Every official or employee of the Judiciary is ever accountable in the performance of official duties as well as in dealing with others.


On October 14, 2004, Benigno B. Reas, Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 23, in Cebu City charged in the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) Carlos M. Relacion, Clerk III of the RTC, Branch 15, in Cebu City with gross dishonesty and grave misconduct.1


Antecedents


Reas alleged in his complaint that by prior arrangement, the Clerk of Court of the RTC (COC) delivered to the Cebu CFI Community Cooperative (Cooperative) the salary checks of court...