Release of Additional Cost of Living Allowance (Eighty Percent of the JDF Collections for January 1 to 31, 2007)

February 5, 2007

SUPREME COURT MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 04-07

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 JANUARY 1 to 31, 2007

Pursuant to and by the 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 from January 1 to 31, 2007, 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 first quarter of CY 2007 at the rates hereafter set forth:

	COURT	No. of	Rates	Amount
		Personnel
SUPREME COURT
(including OCA, PET and HOJ)
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,000.00 and below . . .	747	2,800.00	P2,091,600.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	552	2,700.00	1,490,400.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	1,125	2,600.00	2,925,000.00
COURT OF APPEALS
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,000.00 and below . . .	342	2,800.00	957,600.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	301	2,700.00	812,700.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	830	2,600.00	2,158,000.00
SANDIGANBAYAN
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,000.00 and below . . .	57	2,800.00	159,600.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	102	2,700.00	275,400.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	185	2,600.00	481,000.00
COURT OF TAX APPEALS
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,000.00 and below . . .	9	2,800.00	25,200.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	25	2,700.00	67,500.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	50	2,600.00	130,000.00
LOWER COURTS
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,000.00 and below . . .	3,504	2,800.00	9,811,200.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	8,043	2,700.00	21,716,100.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	11,504	2,600.00	29,910,400.00
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				P73,011,700.00
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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 the Administrative Services and the Financial Management Office of the Office of the Court Administrator shall forthwith implement it.

Issued this 5th day of February 2007.

(SGD.) REYNATO S. PUNOChief Justice

IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES ON THE GRANT OF ADDITIONAL COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE FROM THE JUDICIARY DEVELOPMENT FUND (JDF) TO OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE JUDICIARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL PURSUANT TO MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 04-2007

1. All officials and employees of the judiciary and PET, whether permanent, co-terminous, temporary or casual who have rendered actual service for at least six (6) months as of January 1, 2007 and are still in the service as of January 31, 2007 shall be entitled to 100% of the benefit authorized herein.

 "The term "actual service" refers to the period of continuous service since the appointment of the official or employee concerned, including the period or periods covered by any previously approved leave of absence with pay or sick leave of absence without pay (Sec. 28, Rule XVI, CSC Omnibus Rules Implementing Book V of E.O. No. 292)."

2. Employees who have rendered six (6) months actual service as of January 31, 2007 (cut-off period) shall be entitled to 80% of the proposed rate.

3. A. The following are entitled to a proportionate rate of the benefit:

1. Employees who have rendered six (6) months or more per 1 above but have compulsorily retired or have been separated from the service through no fault of their own (co-terminous) as of January 31, 2007.

2. Those who have been on vacation leave without pay (VLWOP) for a continuous or uninterrupted period of one (1) week or more during the period covered by the grant of the benefit.

3. Those who, as of January 1, 2007, have transferred to the judiciary or PET and are still in the service as of January 31, 2007, from either the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal or the Senate Electoral Tribunal in which they have rendered actual service under the Office of a Justice-Member thereof immediately prior to their transfer provided that such actual service, when added to their present service in the Judiciary or PET, shall be at least six (6) months.

 B. The proportionate rate will be computed as follows:

Services Rendered	Additional
(after December 31, 2006)	Cost of Living
One month (Four [4] weeks)	100% of the proposed rate
Three (3) weeks but less than four (4) weeks	75% of the proposed rate
Two (2) weeks but less than three (3) weeks	50% of the proposed rate
One (1) week but less than two (2) weeks	25% of the proposed rate

4. Any problem arising from the implementation of this benefit which is not covered by these guidelines shall be referred to the Chief Justice.

5 February 2007.