July 2012 - Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Resolutions
[A.M. No. 11-11-206-RTC : July 10, 2012]
RE: PETITION OF JUDGE JOSEPHINE ZARATE FERNANDEZ, RTC, BRANCH 76, SAN MATEO, RIZAL, FOR RELIEF FROM PROPERTY AND RECORDS ACCOUNTABILITIES DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY TYPHOON "ONDOY" ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2009
"A.M. No. 11-11-206-RTC (Re: Petition of Judge Josephine Zarate Fernandez, RTC, Branch 76, San Mateo, Rizal, for Relief from Property and Records Accountabilities Due to the Destruction Caused by Typhoon "Ondoy" on September 26, 2009).- The Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator, to
(a) CONSIDER this matter as CLOSED AND TERMINATED, but REMIND Executive Judge Josephine Z. Fernandez, RTC, San Mateo, Rizal, that Branches 75, 76 and 77 must continue reconstituting their respective court records, papers and exhibits, particularly those of active cases (Year 2000 to present), which were washed away by flashfloods caused by the calamity, using the latest docket inventory of all cases and the information that can be gathered from the litigants and their respective counsels of record, as preferentially directed to the trial courts concerned by the resolution dated November 29, 2011; and
(b) ADVISE Judge Fernandez that for the disposal and/or destruction of court records, papers and exhibits of the RTC, Branches 75, 76 and 77 in the future, the procedural guidelines under Administrative Order No. 170-2008 which took effect on November 11, 2008 and its amendments under Administrative Order Nos. 169-2009 and 36-2011 dated December 8, 2009 and February 25, 2011, respectively, shall be STRICTLY and JUDICIOUSLY observed."
Abad, J., on official leave.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) ENRIQUETA E. VIDAL
Clerk of Court