| ADMINISTRATIVE
CIRCULAR NO. 2-98
TO:
ALL
JUDGES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION,
REGIONS
3, 4 AND 5.
SUBJECT:
DISPOSITION OF "INHERITED CASES" FORWARDED TO THE JUDICIARY PLANNING
AND
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE [JPDIO].
To
facilitate the
early disposition of a total of 266 inherited cases which were
transmitted
to the JPDIO, now defunct, pursuant to Administrative Circular No. 4-97
dated April 1, 1997, the following guidelines shall be adopted:chanrobles virtual law library
I. Cases
submitted
for decision before a judge who is still in the service as a Regional
Trial
Court judge, shall be returned to and decided by said judge pursuant to
Paragraph A sub paragraph 2 of Administrative Circular No. 3-94 dated
January
26, 1994.
II. Cases
submitted
for decision before a judge who is no longer in the service as a
Regional
Trial Court judge shall be returned to the court vacated by said judge
and shall be decided by the present presiding judge of such court,
provided
that if the vacated court is one of two or more branches in one
station,
the case shall be equitably raffled by the Executive Judge among all
the
judges in the station, whether regular or in an acting capacity,
including
judges who are designated to special courts. The result of the raffle
shall
be submitted to the Office of the Court Administrator within ten (10)
days
thereafter.cralaw:red
III. The
inherited
cases pertaining to the Regional Trial Courts of Bataan and Oriental
Mindoro
shall be equitably distributed/ assigned by the Court Administrator
among
all the Regional Trial Court judges in the province concerned.cralaw:red A judge to
whom an inherited
case was raffled/assigned, shall have six [6] months from receipt of
the
records of the case within which to decide the case. However, when an
inherited
case involves a detention prisoner, the judge to whom said case was
raffled/assigned
shall decide the same not later than 3 months from receipt of the
records.
The
decision together
with the records of the case shall be transmitted to the branch where
the
case was filed for promulgation thereof.cralaw:red
A
manifestation of
compliance together with a copy of the decision duly signed by the
judge
concerned shall be submitted to the office of the Court Administrator
upon
the expiration of the 3 months/6 months period, as the case may be.cralaw:red
For strict
compliance.cralaw:red
January 28,
1998.
[Sgd.]
ANDRES
R. NARVASAChief
Justice | 
