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[A.M. No. 07-10-252-MTCC : November 13, 2007] RE: CONVERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAMITAN, BASILAN, INTO A COMPONENT CITY. :
[A.M. No. 07-10-252-MTCC : November 13, 2007]
RE: CONVERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAMITAN, BASILAN, INTO A COMPONENT CITY.
Sirs/Mesdames:
Quoted hereunder; for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc dated November 13, 2007
"A.M. No. 07-10-252-MTCC.- Re: Conversion of the Municipality of Lamitan, Basilan, Into a Component City.- The Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator in its Memorandum dated October 2, 2007, to
"A.M. No. 07-10-252-MTCC.- Re: Conversion of the Municipality of Lamitan, Basilan, Into a Component City.- The Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator in its Memorandum dated October 2, 2007, to
Sandoval-Gutierrez, J., on official leave.
- AMEND Administrative Order No. 33 dated June 13, 1978 under the province of Basilan by decircuitizing the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Lamitan-Tipo-Tipo-Ungkaya Pukan- Al Barka-Tuburan-Hadji Mohammad-Ajul-Akbar and convert the same into Municipal Trial Court in Cities, City of Lamitan, however, the MTCC of Lamitan shall continue to exercise jurisdiction over cases originating from the municipalities of Tipo-Tipo, Ungkaya Pukan, Al Barka, Tuburan, Hadji Mohammad Ajul and Akbar;
- RE-CLASSIFY the existing positions in said court and TRANSFER as well as CREATE new positions, to conform with the approved staffing pattern of the MTCC, to wit:
A. The creation of the four (4) new positions to be composed of:
No. of Positions Position-Title Salary Grade 1 Court Legal Researcher 12 1 Sheriff III 10 1 Cash Clerk III 8 1 Clerk III 6 ____________ Total 4
B. Reclassification/conversion of eight (8) existing positions composed of:
No. of Positions Position-Title Salary Grade 1 City Trial Court Judge (Municipal Trial Court Judge) 27 1 Clerk of Court IV 23 (18) (Clerk of Court III) 1 Interpreter II 10 (Interpreter I) 3 Stenographer II 10 (Stenographer I) 1 Clerk IV (Clerk II) 8(6) 1 Process Server 5(3) (Jr. Process Server)
C. The transfer of one (1) existing position, as follows:
No. of Positions Position-Title Salary Grade 1 Utility Worker 1 - DIRECT the Office of Administrative Services, OCA to SUBMIT to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the Staffing Pattern as a result of the conversion of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Lamitan into Municipal Trial Court in Cities, City of Lamitan and to include in the Personnel Services Itemization of the MTCC in the General Appropriations Act for funding purposes;
- Thereafter, DIRECT the Financial Management Office, OCA, to SUBMIT to DBM the funding requirements for the operation of the MTCC City of Lamitan;
- DIRECT the DBM to RELEASE the Supplemental Allotment Release Order (SARO) and the corresponding Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) for the full operation of the MTCC, City of Lamitan;
- HOLD IN ABEYANCE the organization of the MTCC of the City of Mati until such time that the DBM has released the Supplemental Allotment Release Order (SARO) and the corresponding Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) for the full operation of the MTCC, City of Lamitan; and
- AMEND all court records to conform with these developments.
The Court further Resolved to NOTE the 1st Indorsement dated September 24, 2007 of Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno referring to Court Administrator Christopher 0. Lock the letter dated September 5, 2007 of Joseph Bentulan, with copy of Resolution No. 2007-142 of the Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Lamitan, Basilan, requesting for the conversion of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) into a City Court in Lamitan, Basilan, in view of the enactment of R.A. No.9393."
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Clerk of Court
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Clerk of Court