Re: Proposed Grant of Fringe Benefit to Justices, Judges, Officials and Personnel of the Supreme Court, Presidential Electoral Tribunal, Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax Appeals and the Lower Courts

December 4, 2018

EN BANC

A.M. No. 18-09-03-SC

RE: PROPOSED GRANT OF FRINGE BENEFIT TO JUSTICES, JUDGES, OFFICIALS AND PERSONNEL OF THE SUPREME COURT, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL, COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS AND THE LOWER COURTS

NOTICE

Sirs/Mesdames :

Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution datedDECEMBER 4, 2018, which reads as follows:

"A.M. No. 18-09-03-SC (Re: Proposed Grant of Fringe Benefit to Justices, Judges, Officials and Personnel of the Supreme Court, Presidential Electoral Tribunal, Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax Appeals and the Lower Courts). — Acting on the Memorandum dated December 3, 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 an additional benefit as a one-time financial assistance on the occasion of the appointment of the Chief Justice at the following rates:

(i) Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and employees of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), chargeable against the respective savings of the SC and the PET from their regular appropriations;

(ii) Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and employees of the Court of Appeals (CA), Sandiganbayan and Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), chargeable against the respective savings of the said appellate courts; and CAIHTE

(iii) Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000.00) to each of the judges, officials and personnel of the lower courts, and the personnel of the Halls of Justice (HOJ), chargeable against the savings from the regular appropriations of the lower courts and the SC, respectively;

(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 Fifty-One Million Forty-Five Thousand Pesos (P51,045,000.00) from Lump-sum for Unfilled Positions account of the SC to Other Personnel Benefits — SC account, to cover funding requirements for the grant of additional benefit at the rate of Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the SC, including personnel of the HOJ;

(ii) Modification in allotment of the total amount of Three Hundred Sixty Million Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (P360,450,000.00) from Unfilled Positions account of the lower courts to Other Personnel Benefits — lower courts, to cover funding requirements for the grant of additional benefit at the rate of Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000.00) to each of the judges, officials and personnel of the lower courts;

(iii) Modification in allotment of the amount of Eleven Million Nine Hundred Thousand Pesos (P11,900,000.00) from various Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) account of the CA to Other Personnel Benefits — CA, to cover deficiency funding requirements for the grant of additional benefit at the rate of Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the CA;

(iv) Modification in allotment of the amount of Six Million One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Pesos (P6,135,000.00) from Lump-sum for Filling up of Positions and various MOOE accounts of the Sandiganbayan to Other Personnel Benefits — Sandiganbayan, to cover funding requirements for the grant of additional benefit at the rate of Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the Sandiganbayan; and DETACa

(v) Modification in allotment of the amount of Four Million Twenty Thousand Pesos (P4,020,000.00) from various Personnel Services and MOOE accounts of the CTA to Other Personnel Benefits — CTA, to cover funding requirements for the grant of additional benefit at the rate of Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000.00) 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 additional benefit as one-time financial assistance on the occasion of the appointment of the Chief Justice:

(i) ARO No. 2018-056 in the amount of Fifty-One Million Forty-Five Thousand Pesos (P51,045,000.00) for the SC;

(ii) ARO No. 2018-057 in the amount of Three Hundred Sixty Million Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (P360,450,000.00) for the lower courts;

(iii) ARO No. 2018-058 in the amount of Eleven Million Nine Hundred Thousand Pesos (P11,900,000.00) for the CA;

(iv) ARO No. 2018-059 in the amount of Six Million One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Pesos (P6,135,000.00) for the Sandiganbayan; and

(v) ARO No. 2018-060 in the amount of Four Million Twenty Thousand Pesos (P4,020,000.00) for the CTA." Carandang, J., on leave. (adv37)

Very truly yours,

(SGD.) EDGAR O. ARICHETAClerk of Court