ADMINISTRATIVE
CIRCULAR NO. 1-2001
TO : CLERKS
OF
COURT AND BRANCH CLERKS OF COURT OF ALL LOWER COURTS
SUBJECT : SUBMISSION
OF LISTS OF CASES FILED/RAFFLED, DISPOSED, ARCHIVED,
TRANSFERRED/RERAFFLED
AND WITH SUSPENDED PROCEEDINGS.
To
achieve a more accurate and dependable court reporting system and
effective
monitoring of caseflow in the lower courts, all clerks of court and
branch
clerks of court are hereby enjoined to submit the following monthly
reports
effective December 2000: 1.
List of newly or raffled cases, revived or reinstated cases, or cases
transferred
or reraffled from other salas;
2.
List of decided or resolved cases after trial on the merits or by
compromise
agreement, plea of guilt, and the like; and/or resolved complaints
after
preliminary investigation (for first level courts); 3. List
of archived cases (stating the reason/s for archiving the case);
4. List
of cases transferred or reraffled to other salas; and
5. List
of cases with suspended proceedings (stating the reason/s for such
suspension).
The
following data shall be indicated in each of the separate listings:
case
number; titile of case; nature of case; date filed, revived or
reinstated,
or transferred or reraffled from other salas; and date decided or
resolved,
archived, transferred or reraffled to other salas, or when proceedings
were suspended.
To
facilitate the processing and analysis thereof, the aforesaid lists
shall
be attached to the corresponding Monthly Reports of Cases (SC Form
No.
1, Revised January 1995) submitted monthly by each court. This
Court hereby reiterates the directive to all clerks of court in courts
with multiple salas to send copies of the Minutes of Raffle to the
Office
of the Court Administrator as required by Administrative Circular No. 1
dated 28 January 1998, particularly Item No. 8 (Raffle of Cases)
thereof.
Strict
compliance is hereby enjoined. The Court Administrator and the Deputy
Court
Administrators in respect to their assigned Judicial Regions shall
monitor
such compliance.
This
Administrative Circular shall take effect on the fifteenth day of
January
2001.
Issued
this 2nd day of January 2001.cralaw:red
[Sgd.]
HILARIO
G. DAVIDEChief
Justice
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