TL;DR — Ruling
WHEREFORE , JUDGE SERGIO D. MABUNAY is ABSOLVED from any administrative liability and further RELIEVED of the obligation to decide subject cases. Consequently, he is ALLOWED to retire and to receive in full the retirement benefits he deserves under the law. Correspondingly, the Office of the Court Administrator should now direct the incumbent Presiding Judge of RTC-Br.
WHEREFORE , JUDGE SERGIO D. MABUNAY is ABSOLVED from any administrative liability and further RELIEVED of the obligation to decide subject cases. Consequently, he is ALLOWED to retire and to receive in full the retirement benefits he deserves under the law. Correspondingly, the Office of the Court Administrator should now direct the incumbent Presiding Judge of RTC-Br. 8, Tacloban City, to DECIDE the two (2) remaining cases of the five (5) cases originally referred to respondent from that branch, and the incumbent Presiding Judge of RTC-Br. 10, Abuyog, Leyte, to DECIDE also the subject thirteen (13) criminal cases from that branch without further delay. SO ORDERED.
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