A.M. No. P-10-2872 [Formerly A.M. No. 10-10-118-MTC] - OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. CLERK OF COURT EMMANUELA A. REYES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, BANI, PANGASINAN.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE , respondent EMMANUELA A. REYES , Clerk of Court II, Municipal Trial Court, Bani, Pangasinan, is found GUILTY of gross neglect of duty, dishonesty, and grave misconduct. She is hereby DISMISSED from service effective immediately, and all benefits, except accrued leave credits that may ordinarily be due her, are ORDERED forfeited with prejudice to re-employment in the government service, including government-owned and controlled corporations. She is further DIRECTED to pay any remaining balance of the shortages, penalties and fines for the non-remittance and delayed deposit of court collections and for the loss of interest that should have accrued, within a non-extendible period of one (1) month from receipt of the Courts Resolution, after deducting the money value of her leave credits from her accountabilities. The Legal Office, Office of the Court Administrator is DIRECTED to IMMEDIATELY FILE civil and criminal cases against Reyes upon receipt of a Report from the Fiscal Monitoring Division, Court Management Office that she failed to restitute the portion of her shortages and penalties not covered by the money value of her leave credits. SO ORDERED.