Authorizing the Grant and Release of Fringe Benefit to the Judges, Officials and Personnel of the Lower Courts

June 26, 2012

SUPREME COURT MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 15-A-12

AUTHORIZING THE GRANT AND RELEASE OF FRINGE BENEFIT TO THE JUDGES, OFFICIALS AND PERSONNEL OF THE LOWER COURTS

WHEREAS, by virtue of, and pursuant to, his authority under the Constitution to augment items in the budget for the lower courts from savings in other items therein and under Joint Resolution No. 1, dated April 3, 1992, of the Constitutional Fiscal Autonomy Group (CFAG) on the use of their savings in the exercise of fiscal autonomy, and pursuant further to CFAG Joint Resolution No. 57, dated March 24, 1999, the Chief Justice may authorize the grant of fringe benefit in the form of Rice Subsidy Allowance to officials and employees of the judiciary to alleviate them from their present economic condition arising from the prevailing economic crisis in the country; SHADEC

WHEREAS, as reported by the Financial Management Office, Office of the Court Administrator (FMO-OCA) and the Fiscal Management and Budget Office (FMBO), there are available savings from prior years Fiscal Autonomy Account (FAA) for the grant of fringe benefit in the amount of FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P4,500.00) to each of the judges, officials and personnel of the lower courts;

WHEREAS, the same amount of FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P4,500.00) may be granted to the personnel of the Halls of Justice (HOJ) chargeable against the prior years' savings of the Supreme Court in the FAA, as certified to by the FMBO.

NOW THEREFORE, the Senior Associate Justice (Per Section 12, R.A. 296, the Judiciary Act of 1948, as amended) hereby authorizes the grant and release of FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P4,500.00) to each judge, official and personnel of the lower courts and to the personnel of the HOJ, which shall be charged against the prior years' savings of the lower courts and the Supreme Court in the FAA.

The benefit herein granted shall be received in its full amount by those who are in the service for three (3) months or more, as of June 30, 2012, and shall be subject to the implementing guidelines hereto attached.

The Court Administrator, the Chiefs of the FMO and Office of Administrative Services (OAS), OCA and the Chiefs of the FMBO and the OAS, Supreme Court shall work together to immediately implement this Memorandum Order.

This Memorandum Order shall take effect upon its issuance.

Issued this 26th day of June 2012. TSADaI

(SGD.) ANTONIO T. CARPIOSenior Associate JusticeR.A. 296, the Judiciary Act of 1948, as amended)