CIRCULAR
NO. 31-98TO:
ALL JUDGES
AND EMPLOYEES OF THE LOWER COURTS
SUBJECT:
GUIDELINES IMPLEMENTING A. O. 392.
In line with the
mandate of Administrative Order No. 392 enjoining "all departments,
bureaus,
government-owned and/or -controlled corporations, government financial
institutions, local governmentunits
and other agencies to promote and encourage participation in the
Philippine
Centennial Exposition 1998 or Expo Pilipino, including its 'Expo
Pilipino
Family Day' Program", all lower court employees arehereby
granted the privilege of visiting the Expo Pilipino on official time,
at
any time between June 6, 1998 to June 15, 1999, subject to the
following
guidelines:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
[1] The
leave of
absence of lower court employees shall be scheduled to avoid depletion
of work force and in order to avoid impairment in the delivery of
public
service;
[2] All
applications
for leave should be filed seven [7] days in advance to enable the head
of office to make the necessary arrangements or schedule pursuant to
number
1 hereof;
[3]
Priority in scheduling
the leave shall be given to those who have filed their respective
applications
first;
[4]
Employees taking
this special leave should visit the Expo Pilipino at Clark and shall be
required to submit their respective admission tickets;
[5] A
monthly report
shall be submitted by each Clerk of Court to the Hon. Court
Administrator,
through the Officer-In-Charge of the Office of Administrative Services
regarding the following data:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
[6] The
admission
tickets of those employees who took this special leave shall be
attached
to the report which should be submitted within the first five [5] days
following the month covered by said report; and
[7]
Details of the
"Expo Pilipino Family Day Program" shall be provided by the Office of
Administrative
Services, OCAd, as soon as these become available.cralaw:red
The provisions of the
Civil Service Commission's (CSC) Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 17, S.
1998
dated 12 May 1998, are hereby adopted to form an integral part of these
guidelines.
In this regard, the
Financial Management Office [FMO] is hereby directed to make a study as
regards the feasibility of implementing paragraph Number 2 of MC No.
17,
s. 1998, which provides as follows:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"At the discretion of the head of office, expenses for visits to the
Expo
may be fully or partially subsidized by an office or agency subject to
usual accounting and auditing rules."
The FMO is further
directed to act on this matter with dispatch and to submit its
recommendation
as soon as possible.
For the information
and guidance of all, copies of Administrative Order No. 392 and CSC
Memorandum
Circular No. 17, S.1998, are attached hereto and marked as Annexes "A"
and "B', respectively.
May 26, 1998.
[Sgd.]
ALFREDO
L. BENIPAYOCourt
Administrator
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