CIRCULAR
NO. 18-97
TO:
ALL
JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL
SUBJECT:
GUIDELINES ON THE DETAIL AND REASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL OF THE LOWER
COURTS.
In the
interest
of the public service, the following guidelines are hereby prescribed
for
the detail and/or reassignment of the personnel of the lower courts.
1. For the purposes
of this issuance, detail and reassignment shall refer to the following
personnel actions:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
A.
Detail shall
refer to any personnel movement:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
(1) from
a branch
of one court within one administrative area to a branch of the same or
another level of court within another administrative area but within
the
same judicial region:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
(2) from a
branch
of one level of court in a judicial region to a branch of the same or
another
level of court in another judicial region; or
(3) from
one level
of court in a judicial region to the Office of the Court Administrator
or vice-versa; and
B.
Reassignment shall
refer to any personnel movement:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
(1) from
a branch
of one level of court to another branch of the same or another level of
court within the same administrative area;
(2) from a
branch
of one level of court to the Office of the Clerk of Court within the
same
administrative area; or
(3) from
one organizational
unit to another in the Office of the Court Administrator.cralaw:red
2. In
accordance with
the provisions of Administrative Order No. 6, Series of 1975, Executive
Judges shall continue to have authority to reassign temporarily "the
personnel
of one branch (sala) to another branch (sala) or to the Office of the
Clerk
of Court, in case of vacancy in the position of Presiding Judge of a
branch
(sala), or when the interest of the service requires," within his
administrative
area subject to the requirement prescribed therein.
3. A detail or reassignment
shall be allowed only for meritorious reasons or when the exigencies
and
the interest of the service require the same. No request for detail or
reassignment for purely personal reasons shall be granted.
4. The detail or
reassignment of court personnel shall be allowed only for a period of
three
(3) months, except for a reassignment due to a vacancy in the position
of the Presiding Judge of a branch falling under paragraph (2) hereof
which
reassignment can continue until the said vacancy has been filled. Any
request
for the extension of the detail or reassignment for another period of
three
months may be granted but only for meritorious reasons. In addition,
the
request for the extension of the detail or reassignment should be sent
or submitted at least fifteen (15) working days before the expiration
of
the original/previous detail or reassignment period.
5. A request for
detail or reassignment shall include the specific reasons for the
detail
or reassignment sought. The request should also have the recommendation
of (a) the Presiding Judge of the Branch of the court where the
employee
seeks to be detailed or reassigned; and (b) the Presiding Judge of the
branch of the court to which the employee requesting the detail or
reassignment
belongs.
Strict compliance
with the guidelines prescribed by this issuance is hereby enjoined.
[Sgd.]
ALFREDO
L. BENIPAYOCourt
Administrator
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