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CONCERNED CITIZENS OF NAVAL, BILIRAN, COMPLAINANTS, VS. FLORANTE F. RALAR, COURT STENOGRAPHER III, et al., RESPONDENT.

CONCERNED CITIZENS OF NAVAL, BILIRAN, COMPLAINANTS, VS. FLORANTE F. RALAR, COURT STENOGRAPHER III, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 37, CAIBIRAN, BILIRAN, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. P-14-3278 [Formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 09-3222-P] | 2014-10-21

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

The falsification of an official document like the personal data sheet required for employment in the Judiciary is gross dishonesty, and constitutes a serious administrative offense that warrants the dismissal of the employee.

Antecedents
 
By an anonymous letter dated June 17, 2008,1 the writers, self-styling themselves as the Concerned Citizens of Naval, Biliran, formally charged Florante F. Ralar, Court Stenographer III of Branch 37 of the Regional Trial Court in Caibiran, Biliran with dishonesty through falsification of public documents.
 
The letter alleged that Ralar, who had been...