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[A.M. No. 04-11-319-MTCC : June 22, 2010] RE: DESIGNATION OF ASSISTING JUDGE IN THE MTCC OF LAPU-LAPU CITY:
[A.M. No. 04-11-319-MTCC : June 22, 2010]
RE: DESIGNATION OF ASSISTING JUDGE IN THE MTCC OF LAPU-LAPU CITY
Sirs/Mesdames:
Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution dated JUNE 22, 2010, which reads as follows:
"A.M. No. 04-11-319-MTCC (Re: Designation of Assisting Judge in the MTCC of Lapu-Lapu City). - The Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator, to
"A.M. No. 04-11-319-MTCC (Re: Designation of Assisting Judge in the MTCC of Lapu-Lapu City). - The Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator, to
(a) NOTE the Letter dated January 7, 2010 of Judge Allan Francisco S. Garciano, MTCC, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu;
(b) DESIGNATE Judge Gerardo E. Gestopa, Jr., MTC, Naga, Cebu, as Assisting Judge of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Lapu-Lapu City to decide with dispatch the following cases left undecided by Acting Presiding Judge Wilson T. Ibones, namely; (i) Civil Cases: R-1795, R-2764, R-3232, R-2874, R-3282, R-3562, R-3620, R-3648, R-3670, R-3754, R-3758, R-3762, R-3777, R-3778, R-3780, R-3781, R-3782, R-3788, R-3800, R-3841, R-3871, R-3853, R-3871, R-3853, R-3872, R-3886, R-3895, R-3908, R-3931, R-3932, R-3955, R-3965, R-3966, R-3946, R-3982, R-3989, R-4002, M-LLP-08-00194-CV, M-LLP-08-00257-CV, M-LLP-08-00277-CV, M-LLP-08-00313-CV, M-LLP-08-00324-CV, M-LLP-08- 00332-C, M-LLP-08-00334CV, M-LLP-08-00385-CV, M-LLP-08-00357-CV, M-LLP-08-00424-CV, M-LLP-08-00473, M-LLP-08-00494-CV, M-LLP-08-00509-CV, M-LLP-08-00510-CV, M-LLP-08-00531-CV, M-LLP-08-00547-CV, M-LLP-08-00645-CV, M-LLP-08-00565-CV and M-LLP-08- 00647-CV, M-LLP-09-00703-CV, C-7 and R-3727; and (ii) Criminal Cases: R-17282, R-18430, R-18431, R-18432, R- 18940, R-10063, R-10064, R-10065, R-10066, R-18856, R-19049, R-19271, R-19557, R-19972, R-20129, R-20356, R- 20805, 08-0043-CR, M-LLP-08-00323-CR, R-20543, R-20321 and 3821;
(c) DIRECT (i) Judge Garciano to assign to Judge Gestopa on staggered basis the inherited cases for decision by causing the transmittal of the cases to the court of Judge Gestopa, taking into consideration the dates when these cases were submitted for decision; and (ii) Judge Gestopa to decide the same cases within ninety (90) days from receipt thereof;
(d) DIRECT Judge Gestopa to (i) return the decided cases to the Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Lapu-Lapu City by filing the same with the Clerk of Court, together with the original copy of the decision; and (ii) with respect to criminal cases, to cause the issuance of a notice of promulgation to the parties and their counsels by the Clerk of Court of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Lapu-Lapu City, and to promulgate the decision himself;
(e) DIRECT Judge Gestopa to submit a periodic report on the decided cases to the Office of the Court Administrator, through the Court Management Office, within the first week of the ensuing month from the time the cases were decided, attaching thereto duplicate or certified true copies of the decisions;
(f) DIRECT Judge Gestopa to submit a report to the Office of the Court Administrator, through the Court Management Office, as soon as he has decided all the inherited cases for decision; and
(g) GRANT Judge Gestopa judicial incentive allowance of Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) per case decided but not to exceed Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) a month as provided for in the amended En banc Resolution dated January 17, 2006 in A.M. No. 99-1-04-SC, provided, however, that consolidated cases shall be considered as one (1) case only for the purpose of the grant of said allowance."
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Clerk of Court
Clerk of Court