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[ A.M. No. 99-7-01-SC. March 28, 2000]
RE: REQUEST OF RETIRED SC & CA JUSTICES
EN BANC
Gentlemen:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated MAR 28 2000.
A.M. No. 99-7-01-SC (Re: Request of Retired Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Justices for increase/adjustment of their December 1998 pensions.)
Pursuant to the resolution of the Court En Banc dated August 10, 1999, the subject request of the Retired Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Sandiganbayan Justices for increase / adjustment of their December 1998 pensions was GRANTED effective December 1998 and the Fiscal Management and Budget Office was AUTHORIZED / DIRECTED to recompute / adjust said pensions and pay the pension differentials.
In view of the clearance requested by the Fiscal Division, Fiscal Management and Budget Office, to guide them in the implementation of the August 10, 1999 resolution, the Court Resolved:
(1) the increase / adjustment in these benefits effective December 1998 shall be divided by twelve (12) months and the quotient (the resulting amount) shall be released and tacked to their monthly pensions;
(2) and, the payment of these additional benefits to retired Justices who have been elected to public office shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1 of Republic Act No. 910, as amended by Republic Act No. 5095, the last sentence of which reads:
"x x x. It is also a condition of the pension provided for herein that when a member of the judiciary entitled to the benefits of this Act shall assume an elective public office, he shall not, upon assumption of office and during his term, receive the monthly pensions due him."
Very truly yours,
LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO
Clerk of Court
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Asst. Clerk of Court
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