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LEAVE DIVISION – O.A.S., OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, PETITIONER, VS. TYKE J. SARCENO, RESPONDENT.

LEAVE DIVISION – O.A.S., OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, PETITIONER, VS. TYKE J. SARCENO, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. P-11-2930 (Formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 10-3318-P) | 2015-02-17

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

We reiterate the long-standing proposition that the high standards that the Judiciary maintains require that all court employees devote their full working time to the public service. Hence, habitual absenteeism is considered prejudicial to the best interest of the public service because it makes a mockery of these standards, and, as such, should be curtailed.
 
As early as on December 4, 2009, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) recommended the bringing of an administrative complaint for habitual absenteeism against respondent Tyke J. Sarceno, Clerk III of the Regional Trial Court, Branch...