A.M. NO. 07-10-260-MTC

Supreme Court E-Library Information At Your Fingertips HOME PHILIPPINE REPORTS E-BOOKS REPUBLIC ACTS CHIEF JUSTICES NEWS & ADVISORIES SITE MAP ABOUT US The Supreme Court E-Library The E-Library Development Team Toggle posts A A+ CLICK THE IMAGE TO SEARCH CONTACT: Supreme Court of the Philippines Library Services, Padre Faura, Ermita, Manila, Philippines 1000 (632) 8524-2706 libraryservices.sc@judiciary.gov.ph Foreign Supreme Courts Korea, South Malaysia Singapore United States of America View printer friendly version 564 Phil. 617 SECOND DIVISION [ A.M. NO. 07-10-260-MTC, December 13, 2007 ] RE: ABSENCE WITHOUT OFFICIAL LEAVE (AWOL) OF MR. GREGORIO B. SADDI, CLERK OF COURT II, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, SASMUAN, PAMPANGA. R E S O L U T I O N TINGA, J.: This administrative matter concerns the absence of Gregorio B. Saddi, Clerk of Court II, Municipal Trial Court (MTC), Sasmuan, Pampanga, without approved leave from 2 January 2007 to date. The records show that Saddi failed to submit his bundy cards from January 2007 up to the present. Neither has he filed any application for leave or retirement. On 3 July 2007, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA)  of Employees Leave Division was furnished with a copy of the Letter dated 5 June 2007 addressed by Hon. Pamela Ann A. Maxino, Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court,Guagua, Pampanga, to Hon. Pascuala Cleofe G. Canlas, Presiding Judge of said court. The letter was in response to the information provided by Judge Canlas on Saddis absence without official leave (AWOL). On 4 July 2007, we requeted Judge Canlas by telegram to instruct Saddi to submit his bundy cards from January 2007 to date. On 9 July 2007, we likewise requested Judge Canlas to cause the service of a letter to  Saddi warning and requiring him to explain his unauthorized absences on pain of being dropped from the rolls.  Saddi, however, failed to comply. Consequently, the OCA recommended that (1) Saddi be dropped from the rolls effective 2 January 2007 for having been on AWOL since the said date; (2) his position be declared vacant; and (3) he be informed of his being dropped from the rolls or separation from service at the address appearing on his 201 files. We find the recommendation proper and well-founded. Saddis conduct falls within the purview of Section 63, Rule XVI of the Omnibus Civil Service Rules and Regulations, as amended by Resolution No. 99-1885 dated 23 August 1999. The Rule provides: Sec. 63. Effect of absences without approved leave .An official or an employee who is continuously absent without approved leave for at least thirty (30) working days shall be considered on absence without official leave (AWOL) and shall be separated from the service or dropped from the rolls without prior notice. He shall, however, be informed at his address appearing on his 201 files of his separation from the service not later than five (5) days from its effectivity. It is clear from the above provision that no prior notice is required to drop from the rolls an employee who is continuously absent without approved leave for at least thirty (30) calendar days. Proof of Saddis AWOL status is the OCAs record of his failure to submit his bundy cards and the absence of any application for leave of absence or retirement during the relevant period.  Moreover, it is undisputed that he failed to respond to any of the office communications requiring him to explain his absences without leave. In view of the foregoing, the Court hereby resolves to: (1) DROP FROM THE ROLLS Gregorio B. Saddi effective 2 January 2007 for having been on absence without official leave since said date; and (2) declare his position VACANT. Let a copy of this Resolution be served upon Saddi at his address appearing on his 201 files pursuant to Section 63, Rule XVI of the Omnibus Civil Service Rules and Regulations, as amended. SO ORDERED. Quisumbing, (Chairperson), Carpio, Carpio-Morales, and Velasco, Jr., JJ. , concur. Rollo Id. at 5. Id. at 6. Id. at 2. © Supreme Court E-Library 2019 This website was designed and developed, and is maintained, by the E-Library Technical Staff in collaboration with the Management Information Systems Office.