Reiteration of the Directive in OCA Circular No. 162-2020 Dated 25 September 2020 (Re: Use of Official Philippine Judiciary Office 365 Accounts for Dissemination of Administrative Orders, Circulars and Other Court Issuances, and Submission of Court Reports)

July 19, 2022

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 185-2022

 

Concerns have reached this Office that several courts were not informed of, or were provided with the latest circulars and issuances issued by the Court, thus their failure to comply with or observe the directives in the subject circulars and issuances. This matter, however, had already been addressed by OCA Circular No. 162-2020 dated 25 September 2020 (Re: Use of Official Philippine Judiciary Office 365 Accounts for Dissemination of Administrative Orders, Circulars and Other Court Issuances, and Submission of Court Reports) informing all courts that since all first and second level courts had already been provided with official Philippine Judiciary Office 365 Accounts, all official announcements, issuances, and periodic reports to and from the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), beginning 01 October 2020 shall be electronically sent through the Official Announcements and Issuances Channel in the Philippine Judiciary Office 365 platform (Teams).

As a reminder to all concerned judges and court personnel of the first and second level courts, quoted herein for guidance and strict observance are the pertinent portions of OCA Circular No. 162-2020, to wit:

All administrative orders, circulars, memoranda and other issuances by the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice, and the Office of the Court Administrator shall now be posted and disseminated to the first and second level courts through the Official Announcements and Issuances Channel in the Philippine Judiciary Office 365 platform. These will no longer be individually distributed to the courts, either by registered or electronic mail. OCA Circular No. 40-2007 is thus hereby superseded.

ALL CONCERNED are directed to regularly log in to their Philippine Judiciary Office 365 Accounts at least once in the morning upon arrival in court and once in the afternoon before departure to check for newly released administrative orders, circulars and other Court issuances. (emphasis supplied)

(SGD.) RAUL B. VILLANUEVACourt Administrator