Tender of Resignation of Notoriously Undesirable Officials and Employees
Letter of Instructions No. 14, issued on September 29, 1972, mandates all government department heads to require officials and employees facing charges or exhibiting misconduct to resign within one week. Failure to comply will result in immediate suspension until the resolution of their cases. The department heads must also assess whether those who resign will retain any benefits. Additionally, they are required to report the names of resigning or suspended individuals within 15 days of the order's issuance. Strict adherence to this directive is emphasized.
Quick Answers
- What is Tender of Resignation of Notoriously Undesirable Officials and Employees about?
- Letter of Instructions No. 14, issued on September 29, 1972, mandates all government department heads to require officials and employees facing charges or exhibiting misconduct to resign within one week. Failure to comply will result in immediate suspension until the resolution of their cases. The department heads must also assess whether those who resign will retain any benefits. Additionally, they are required to report the names of resigning or suspended individuals within 15 days of the order's issuance. Strict adherence to this directive is emphasized.
- What type of law is Letter of Instructions No. 14?
- Tender of Resignation of Notoriously Undesirable Officials and Employees (Letter of Instructions No. 14) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Tender of Resignation of Notoriously Undesirable Officials and Employees enacted?
- Tender of Resignation of Notoriously Undesirable Officials and Employees (Letter of Instructions No. 14) was enacted on Sep 29, 1972.
- What is the citation for Tender of Resignation of Notoriously Undesirable Officials and Employees?
- Tender of Resignation of Notoriously Undesirable Officials and Employees, Letter of Instructions No. 14, Sep 29, 1972 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 14
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 29, 1972
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 14
TO : All Heads of Departments, Other Agencies and Offices of the Government
In order to facilitate the reorganization of the Government and to speed up the current intensified effort to weed out undesirable government officials and employees, you are hereby directed to require all officials and employees in your department, office or agency who are facing charges or are notoriously undesirable on the ground of dishonesty, incompetence or other kinds of misconduct defined in the Civil Service law or rules to tender their resignations immediately or else face charges and immediate suspension, the suspension to last until the promulgation by proper authority of the decision on the charges.
These officials and employees shall tender their resignations within one week after the publication of this Order in your department (which should be done immediately), and immediately after such period proper charges shall be filed against those who refuse to tender their resignations, and these officials and employees shall be suspended immediately.
The heads of the departments, offices and other agencies of the government shall determine if the officials and employees, who voluntarily resign in obedience to this Order, shall enjoy any of the benefits granted them by law or granted by law to retiring government officials and employees. cdt
The heads of departments, offices or other agencies of the Government shall report to me within 15 days from the date of issue of this Order the names of the officials and employees who have tendered their resignations or have been charged and suspended in accordance with this Order. cd
Strict compliance with this Letter of Instruction is desired.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Two.
Cite This Law
Tender of Resignation of Notoriously Undesirable Officials and Employees, Letter of Instructions No. 14, Sep 29, 1972 (Philippines)
Tender of Resignation of Notoriously Undesirable Officials and Employees, Letter of Instructions No. 14 (Phil. 1972)
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