MEMORANDUM
ORDER NO. 62-2004
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 SEPTEMBER 1 to 30, 2004.
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 September 1 to 30, 2004, including that portion
of the
eighty per centum of the income collected prior thereto which may still
remain
available after the previous releases for the Second Quarter of CY
2004, to
augment the allowances of the Justices, Judges, the Officials, and the
Personnel of the Judiciary for the third month of the Third Quarter of
CY 2004
at the rates hereafter set forth:
COURT
|
No.
of Personnel
|
Rates
|
Amount
|
SUPREME COURT (including OCA and
PET)
|
|
|
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,000.00 and below
|
547
|
3,000
|
P 1,641,000.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,001.00 to P10,000.00
|
386
|
2,900
|
1,119,400.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P10,001.00 and above
|
1,013
|
2,800
|
2,836,400.00
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Justice
|
|
|
|
50% recommended rate
|
479
|
1,500
|
718,500.00
|
|
|
|
|
Court of Appeals
|
|
|
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,000.00 and below
|
295
|
3,000
|
885,000.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,001.00 to P10,000
|
255
|
2,900
|
739,500.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P10,001.00 and above
|
628
|
2,800
|
1,758,400.00
|
|
|
|
|
SANDIGANBAYAN
|
|
|
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,000.00 and below
|
53
|
3,000
|
159,000.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,001.00 to P10,000.00...
|
109
|
2,900
|
316,100.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P10,001.00 and above
|
176
|
2,800
|
492,800.00
|
|
|
|
|
COURT OF TAX APPEALS
|
|
|
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,000.00 and below
|
14
|
3,000
|
42,000.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,001.00 to P10,000.00
|
22
|
2,900
|
63,800.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P10,001.00 and above
|
46
|
2,800
|
128,800.00
|
|
|
|
|
LOWER COURTS
|
|
|
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,000.00 and below
|
3,504
|
3,000
|
10,512,000.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P7,001.00 to P10,000.00
|
8,043
|
2,900
|
23,324,700.00
|
Personnel receiving salary of
P10,001.00 and above
|
11,504
|
2,800
|
32,211,200.00
|
Total Amount
|
- -
- - - -
|
|
P 76,948,600.00
|
The
release shall be subject to the usual implementing
guidelines.
This
Memorandum Order takes effect immediately. The Court
Administrator, 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 Officers-in-Charge 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 1st day of October 2004.
HILARIO
G. DAVIDE,
JR.
Chief
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.
62 - 2004.
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 September 1, 2004 and still in the service as of
September
30, 2004 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 September 30,
2004
(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 been separated from the service through no fault of their
own
(co-terminous) as of September 30, 2004.
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.
B.
The proportionate rate will be
computed as follows:
Services Rendered
(after August 31,2004)
|
Additional
Cost of Living Allowance
|
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.
01
October 2004.
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