Release of Additional Cost of Living Allowance (Eighty Percent of the JDF Collections for December 1 to 29, 2006)

January 10, 2007

SUPREME COURT MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 01-07

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 DECEMBER 1 to 29, 2006

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 additional cost of living allowance from the eighty per centum (80%) allotted for the purpose from the income of the Judiciary Development Fund from December 1 to 29, 2006, 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 third month of the fourth quarter of CY 2006 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	2,300.00	P1,718,100.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	552	2,200.00	1,214,400.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	1,125	2,100.00	2,362,500.00
COURT OF APPEALS
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,000.00 and below . . .	342	2,300.00	786,600.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	301	2,200.00	662,200.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	830	2,100.00	1,743,000.00
SANDIGANBAYAN
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,000.00 and below . . .	57	2,300.00	131,100.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	102	2,200.00	224,400.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	185	2,100.00	388,500.00
COURT OF TAX APPEALS
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,000.00 and below . . .	9	2,300.00	20,700.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	25	2,200.00	55,000.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	50	2,100.00	105,000.00
LOWER COURTS
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,000.00 and below . . .	3,504	2,300.00	8,059,200.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P7,001.00 to P10,000.00 . . .	8,043	2,200.00	17,694,600.00
Personnel receiving salary of
	P10,001.00 and above . . .	11,504	2,100.00	24,158,400.00
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				P59,323,700.00
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The release shall be subject to the implementing guidelines hereto attached. EAaHTI

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 10th day of January 2007.

(SGD.) REYNATO S. PUNOChief Justice