Authorizing the Release of the Additional Cost of Living Allowance Under the Judiciary Development Fund Decree

August 2, 2012

SUPREME COURT MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 24-12

AUTHORIZING RELEASE OF THE ADDITIONAL COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE UNDER THE JUDICIARY DEVELOPMENT FUND DECREE CORRESPONDING TO THE EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE COLLECTIONS THEREFOR FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1 TO 31, 2012

Pursuant to and by virtue of the authority vested in him by P.D. No. 1949 (Judiciary Development Fund Decree), the Chief Justice hereby authorizes the release of the additional cost of living allowance from the eighty per centum (80%) allotted for the purpose from the income of the Judiciary Development Fund July 1 to 31, 2012, including that portion of the eighty per centum of the income collected prior thereto which may still remain available after the previous releases, to augment the allowances of the justices, judges, the officials, and the personnel of the judiciary for the first month of the third quarter of CY 2012 at the rates hereafter set forth: AETcSa

		No. of
	Court	Personnel	Rates	Amount
Supreme Court
(including OCA, PET and HOJ)
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,000.00 and below	1,267	2,700.00	P3,420,900.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,001.00 to P21,000.00	393	2,600.00	1,021,800.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P21,001.00 and above	1,027	2,500.00	2,567,500.00
Court of Appeals
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,000.00 and below	449	2,700.00	1,212,300.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,001.00 to P21,000.00	167	2,600.00	434,200.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P21,001.00 and above	842	2,500.00	2,105,000.00
Sandiganbayan
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,000.00 and below	133	2,700.00	359,100.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,001.00 to P21,000.00	47	2,600.00	122,200.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P21,001.00 and above	150	2,500.00	375,000.00
Court of Tax Appeals
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,000.00 and below	56	2,700.00	151,200.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,001.00 to P21,000.00	26	2,600.00	67,600.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P21,001.00 and above	134	2,500.00	335,000.00
Lower Courts
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,000.00 and below	8,260	2,700.00	22,302,000.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P14,001.00 to P21,000.00	10,146	2,600.00	26,379,600.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P21,001.00 and above	4,999	2,500.00	12,497,500.00
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				P73,350,900.00
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The release shall be subject to the implementing guidelines hereto attached.

This Memorandum Order takes effect immediately. The Presiding Justices of the three appellate courts (Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan and Court of Tax Appeals), the Court Administrator, the Clerk of Court of the Supreme Court, the Chiefs of the Office of Administrative Services and the Fiscal Management and Budget Office of the Supreme Court and the Chiefs of the Office of Administrative Services and the Financial Management Office of the Office of the Court Administrator shall forthwith implement it.

Issued this 2nd day of August 2012.

(SGD.) ANTONIO T. CARPIOSenior Associate Justice