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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Salise

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, vs. JUDGE HECTOR B. SALISE, PRESIDING JUDGE, BRANCH 7, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BAYUGAN CITY, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Respondent. Present: SERENO, C.J., CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO, PERLAS-BERNABE,* LEONEN, JARDELEZA, CAGUIOA, MARTIRES,** TIJAM, REYES, JR., and GESMUNDO, JJ.

A.M. No. RTJ-18-2514 (Formerly A.M. No. 16-10-387-RTC) | 2018-01-30

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
DECISION
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This case is pursuant to the judicial audit conducted in the Regional Trial Courts (RTC), Branch 6, Prosperidad and Branch 7, Bayugan City, both in the Province of Agusan del Sur. At that time, respondent Judge Hector B. Salise was the Acting Presiding Judge of Branch 6 and the Executive Judge of Branch 7.
 
The following are the factual and procedural antecedents of the instant case:
 
For Branch 6, RTC, Prosperidad, the judicial audit team found that the court allowed substituted service of summons when, under Section 61 of the...