FACTS: Judge Alicia Gonzales – Decano, Executive Judge, RTC Urdaneta, Pangasinan, reported to the OCA the failure of Judge Siapno to decide numerous cases within the required periods dspite having been submitted for decision. Respondent judge justified is failures averring that his staff failed to transmit to him the stenographic notes of the proceedings to which he can rely on his decisions including the typed text of his decision for his signature. He also averred that his failure to render a decision in some cases were due to his appointments by the same Exec.Judge to numerous courts in Pangasinan.
ISSUE: Were the excuses of respondent judge sufficient to escape administrative sanctions?
HELD: No. Rule 3.05 of the Code of Judicial Conduct requires judges to dispose of the court’s business promptly and decide cases within the required periods. Judges are charged with the administrative responsibility of organizing and supervising the court personnel to secure the prompt and efficient dispatch of business. Also, additional assignments or designations imposed upon a judge do not make him less liable for the delay in deciding cases.
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