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[ A.M. No. 99-3-101-RTC. April 27, 1999]

RE: REQUEST OF MS. OLYMPIA ELENA O. DACANAY TO ATTEND BAR REVIEW CLASSES, et al.

EN BANC

Gentlemen:

Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated APR 27, 1999.

A.M. No. 99-3-101-RTC (Re: Request of Ms. Olympia Elena O. Dacanay to attend the Bar Review Classes and the 1999 Bar Examinations n official time.)

Acting on the letter, dated 20 January 1999, of Officer-in-Charge Olympia O. Dacanay, Regional Trial Court, Branch 26, San Fernando City, La Union, requesting permission to take the Bar Review Classes and the 1999 Bar Examinations beginning April 1999 to September 1999, the Court Resolved to:

(1) NOTE said request;

(2) ESTABLISH the Educational Support Program for the employees of the lower courts and the Office of the Court Administrator who wish to take the bar examinations, so as to allow them to go on official study leave for six (6) months, subject to the following conditions:

(a) The employee must be a holder of a permanent item in the judiciary;

(b) He/She must have rendered at least three (3) years of government service;

(c) Prior to the months of intended leave, he/she should have at least a performance rating of VERY SATISFACTORY;

(d) Only one employee from every office division/branch must be recommended by his/her immediate supervisor for study leave each year;

(e) After taking the bar examinations, said employee must render at least three (3) years of service in the judiciary, otherwise he shall reimburse all the salaries/benefits received during the six (6) month period;

(f) This privilege can be availed of by the bar examinee only once in every three years;

(g) In case the applicant is a stenographer, the branch clerk of court shall issue a certificate attesting that he/she has no pending untranscribed transcript of stenographic notes; and

(h) All application must be filed at least two (2) months before the start of the official six (6) months study leave.

(3) DIRECT the Court Administrator to constitute an Educational Support Program Committee of three (3) members which Committee shall (a) draft the application form and the contract to be signed by the employee-applicant; (b) evaluate applications of employees under the Educational Support Program; and (c) submit recommendations to the Court Administrator;

(4) AUTHORIZE the Court Administrator or any of the Deputy Court Administrator whom he designates to approve the application under the said Program; and

(5) ISSUE a circular to inform the employees in the lower courts about the aforementioned privilege and the conditions attached." (107)

Very truly yours,

LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO
Clerk of Court

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