A.M. No. P-08-2433 (formerly OCA IPI No. 07-2667-P) - JUDGE JENNY LIND ALDECOA-DELORINO, COMPLAINANT, VS. MARILYN DE CASTRO REMIGIO-VERSOZA, CLERK III, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 137, MAKATI CITY.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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accordingly be sanctioned. Under Section 23, Rule XIV of the Omnibus Rules Implementing Book V of Executive Order No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987) and other pertinent Civil Service Laws, dishonesty and falsification of a public document are considered grave offenses for which the penalty of dismissal is prescribed. Section 9 of the said Rule likewise provides that the penalty of dismissal shall carry with it cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of leave credits and retirement benefits, and disqualification for re-employment in the government service. This penalty is without prejudice to the criminal liability of respondent arising from the said infraction. [24] In previous cases where employees of the judiciary have been found guilty of said offenses, the Court did not hesitate to impose such extreme punishment. In Judge Aglugub v. Perlez , [25] therein respondent, Clerk of Court I of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC), Branch 2 of San Pedro, Laguna, who misrepresented herself to be a college graduate in her PDS, when in fact she failed to graduate because she received an incomplete grade in three (3) subjects, was found guilty of dishonesty and dismissed from the service immediately, with prejudice to re-employment in any government agency and government-owned and controlled corporation, and forfeiture of retirement benefits, except accrued leaves. In Re: Administrative Case for Falsification of Official Documents and Dishonesty against Randy S. Villanueva , [26] where therein respondent made it appear in his Daily Time Record (DTR) that he rendered overtime service every Saturday covering the period of June to December 2003, and collected overtime pay per day, despite being enrolled in a college course and having whole day classes on Saturdays. He was also found guilty of falsification of official documents and dishonesty, and dismissed from the service, with forfeiture of all benefits and privileges, except accrued leave credits, if any, with prejudice to re-employment in any branch or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations. In Re: Administrative Case for Dishonesty and Falsification of Official Document: Benjamin Katly , [27] therein respondent falsified his PDS on two occasions, stating that he was a college graduate, first when he applied for the position of Computer Maintenance Technologist III and, second, when he sought promotion for the position of Information Technology Officer I in the Systems Development for Judicial Application Division, Management Information Systems Office (MISO) of this Court. He was found guilty of dishonesty and falsification of official document and dismissed from the service immediately, with forfeiture of all retirement benefits, except accrued leave credits earned when he was employed in positions for which he was qualified. In the present case, the OCA recommended that respondent be dismissed from the service effective immediately, with forfeiture of a