Reiteration of OCA Circular No. 34-2012

August 22, 2014

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 111-14

 

The Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) through its Chairman, Mr. Manuel M. Cosico and Members, Messrs. Antonio A. Abola and Emilio Lolito J. Tumbocon, have invited the attention of this Office regarding the submission of only five (5) cases dismissed by the trial courts and referred to the CIAC for arbitration, despite the issuance of OCA Circular No. 34-2012 dated April 27, 2012, relative to the implementation of Section 39 of Republic Act No. 9285 and submission of inventory reports in relation thereto.

Henceforth, the foregoing directives set forth under the abovementioned OCA Circular No. 34-2012 dated April 27, 2012 are REITERATED, to hasten the resolution of construction disputes and declog the court dockets of cases, which are under the original and exclusive jurisdiction of the CIAC pursuant to Section 4, Executive Order No. 1008 and Section 39, Republic Act No. 9285 dated February 4, 1985 and April 2, 2004, respectively, to wit:

"In view of the foregoing, all concerned are hereby DIRECTED to (1) DISMISS, effective immediately, all pending construction disputes with arbitration clauses of the contending parties not later than the pre-trial conference, and thereafter REFER the same to the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) for their proper arbitration thereon, unless both parties, assisted by their respective counsel, shall submit to the Regional Trial Court a written agreement exclusively for the Court, rather than the CIAC, to resolve the dispute; and (2) SUBMIT also within fifteen (15) days from notice, an inventory of such construction disputes filed in their respective courts, to the Court Management Office, Office of the Court Administrator, using the attached Form No. 1."

Strict compliance is hereby enjoined. cTEICD

JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZCourt Administrator