October 2009 - Philippine Supreme Court Decisions/Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence
A.M. No. P-07-2415 Formerly A.M. No. 07-10-279-MCTC - Office of the Court Administrator v. Alfredo Manasan, Clerk of Court II, MCTC, Orani-Samal, Bataan
SECOND DIVISION
[A.M. NO. P-07-2415 : October 19, 2009]
[Formerly A.M. No. 07-10-279-MCTC]
OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, v. ALFREDO MANASAN, Clerk of Court II, MCTC, Orani-Samal, Bataan, Respondent.
D E C I S I O N
CARPIO MORALES, J.:
The Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) directed the conduct of a financial audit on the books and accounts of Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Orani-Samal, Bataan, for the period July 1, 1999 up to September 24, 2007.
Narciso Tolentino, Jr., Court Interpreter I and former Officer-in-Charge of the MCTC who handled the financial transactions of the court from July 1, 1999 up to May 31, 2001 was cleared by the audit team of any accountability.
In the case of Alfredo P. Manasan (respondent), Clerk of Court II of the MCTC who handled the financial transactions of the court from June 1, 2001 up to September 24, 2007, the audit team found that he had an unremitted total collection of P83,110, broken down as follows: