EN BANC
[A.M. No. 18-09-19-SC. September 25, 2018.]
RE: PROPOSED GRANT OF RICE SUBSIDY ALLOWANCE
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution datedSEPTEMBER 25, 2018, which reads as follows: HTcADC
"A.M. No. 18-09-19-SC (Re: Proposed Grant of Rice Subsidy Allowance). — Acting on the Memorandum dated September 20, 2018 of Atty. Corazon G. Ferrer-Flores, Deputy Clerk of Court and Chief, Fiscal Management and Budget Office, the Court Resolved to:
(a) APPROVE the grant of additional Rice Subsidy Allowance (RSA) at a uniform rate of Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) per month or One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P1,500.00) for the first quarter of 2018 to each of the following:
(i) Justices, officials and personnel of the Supreme Court (SC), Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), Court of Appeals (CA), Sandiganbayan and Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), chargeable against the respective savings from the regular appropriations of the said courts and the PET; and
(ii) Judges, officials and personnel of the lower courts and the Halls of Justice (HOJs), chargeable against the respective savings of the lower courts and the SC;
(b) APPROVE the following requests pursuant to the resolutions dated March 25, 2014, September 23, 2014 and March 28, 2017 in A.M. No. 14-03-05-SC (Re: Revised Accounting Entries Proposed by the Commission on Audit for Constitutional Fiscal Autonomy Group [CFAG] Member-Agencies), to wit:
(i) Modification in allotment of the amount of Thirty-Five Million Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Pesos (P35,790,000.00) from Unfilled Positions account of the lower courts to Other Personnel Benefits — lower courts, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the additional RSA at the rate of One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P1,500.00) to each of the judges and personnel of the lower courts;
(ii) Modification in allotment in the amount of Two Million Four Hundred Ninety Thousand Pesos (P2,490,000.00) from Lump-sum for Filling of Unfilled Positions account of the CA to Other Personnel Benefits — CA account, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the additional RSA at the rate of One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P1,500.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the CA; aScITE
(iii) Modification in allotment in the amount of Five Hundred Eighty-Eight Thousand Pesos (P588,000.00) from Lump-sum for Unfilled Positions account of the Sandiganbayan to Other Personnel Benefits — Sandiganbayan, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the additional RSA at the rate of One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P1,500.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the Sandiganbayan; and
(iv) Modification in allotment of the amount of Four Hundred Eighteen Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P418,500.00) from Lump-sum for Filling of Positions account of the CTA to Other Personnel Benefits — CTA, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the additional RSA at the rate of One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P1,500.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the CTA; and
(c) APPROVE the corresponding Augmentation/Realignment Orders (AROs) in the amounts specified hereunder for the grant of the additional RSA, to wit:
(i) ARO No. 2018-029 in the amount of Thirty-Five Million Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Pesos (P35,790,000.00) for the lower courts;
(ii) ARO No. 2018-030 in the amount of Two Million Four Hundred Ninety Thousand Pesos (P2,490,000.00) for the CA;
(iii) ARO No. 2018-031 in the amount of Five Hundred Eighty-Eight Thousand Pesos (P588,000.00) for the Sandiganbayan; and
(iv) ARO No. 2018-032 in the amount of Four Hundred Eighteen Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P418,500.00) for the CTA.
Acting on the Memorandum dated September 21, 2018 of Atty. Ferrer-Flores, the Court further Resolved to:
(a) APPROVE the grant of a fringe benefit in the concept of an RSA at a uniform rate of Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) per month or a total of Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000.00) for the third quarter of 2018 to each of the following: HEITAD
(i) Justices, officials and personnel of the SC, PET, CA, Sandiganbayan and CTA, chargeable against the respective savings from the regular appropriations of the said courts and the PET; and
(ii) Judges, officials and personnel of the lower courts and the HOJs, chargeable against the respective savings of the lower courts and the SC;
(b) APPROVE the following requests pursuant to the resolutions dated March 25, 2014, September 23, 2014 and March 28, 2017 in A.M. No. 14-03-05-SC, to wit:
(i) Modification in allotment in the amount of One Hundred Forty-Three Million One Hundred Sixty Thousand Pesos (P143,160,000.00) from Unfilled Positions account of the lower courts to Other Personnel Benefits — lower courts, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the RSA at the rate of Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000.00) to each of the judges, officials and personnel of the lower courts;
(ii) Modification in allotment in the amount of Nine Million Nine Hundred Sixty Thousand Pesos (P9,960,000.00) from various Personnel Services and Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) accounts of the CA to Other Personnel Benefits — CA account, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the RSA at the rate of Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the CA;
(iii) Modification in allotment in the amount of Two Million Four Hundred Thirty Thousand Pesos (P2,430,000.00) from Lump-sum for Unfilled Positions account of the Sandiganbayan to Other Personnel Benefits — Sandiganbayan, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the RSA at the rate of Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the Sandiganbayan; and
(iv) Modification in allotment in the amount of One Million Six Hundred Sixty-Eight Thousand Pesos (P1,668,000.00) from Lump-sum for Filling of Positions and various MOOE accounts of the CTA to Other Personnel Benefits — CTA, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the RSA at the rate of Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the CTA; and ATICcS
(c) APPROVE the corresponding AROs in the amounts specified hereunder for the grant of the RSA, to wit:
(i) ARO No. 2018-025 in the amount of One Hundred Forty-Three Million One Hundred Sixty Thousand Pesos (P143,160,000.00) for the lower courts;
(ii) ARO No. 2018-026 in the amount of Nine Million Nine Hundred Sixty Thousand Pesos (P9,960,000.00) for the CA;
(iii) ARO No. 2018-027 in the amount of Two Million Four Hundred Thirty Thousand Pesos (P2,430,000.00) for the Sandiganbayan; and
(iv) ARO No. 2018-028 in the amount of One Million Six Hundred Sixty-Eight Thousand Pesos (P1,668,000.00) for the CTA." Leonen and Jardeleza, JJ., on official leave. Caguioa, J., on official business. Reyes, A., Jr., J., on leave. (adv44)
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) EDGAR O. ARICHETAClerk of Court