[A.M.
No. 02-8-23-0. September 24, 2002]
RE: FAKE DECISION ALLEGEDLY IN G.R. NO. 75242
EN BANC
Gentlemen:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a
resolution of this Court dated 24 SEPT 2002.
A.M. No. 02-8-23-0 (Re: Fake Decision Allegedly in G.R. No. 75242.)
The Court was furnished, by Dario G. Silvestre, Senior Manager of the
Development Bank of the Philippines, with a xerox copy of an alleged certified
true copy of a Decision of the Second Division of the Court, promulgated on May
19, 2000, entitled “University of the Philippines, et al., Petitioner, vs. St. Mary
Crusade to Alleviate Poverty of Brethren Foundation, Inc., Applicant,”
docketed as G.R. No. L-75242. The records of the Court, however, reveal
that the docket number was assigned to the case of “Manila Resource Development
Corporation, Petitioner, vs. National Labor Relations Commission and Ruben
Manahan, Respondents;” promulgated, by the Court, on September 4,
1992. The Decision of the Court became
final and executory and “Entry of
Judgment” was duly effected on September 28, 1992.
Irrefragably, then, the copy of the Decision in “University of the Philippines,
et al. versus St. Mary Crusade to Alleviate Poverty of Brethren Foundation,
Inc.” furnished the Court is spurious.
The Court cannot countenance any attempt to undermine the integrity of
the Court and its processes and to subvert the administration of justice.
ACCORDINGLY, the Court hereby ORDERS the Director of the National Bureau of Investigation, to
conduct a discreet investigation of the matter and to submit to the Court a report thereon, within sixty (60) days
from notice hereof; and DIRECTS Senior Manager Dario G. Silvestre of the
Development Bank of the Philippines to submit to the Court the name of the
party or parties who furnished his office with the alleged decision and a
detailed narration of the events surrounding the delivery thereof.
Very truly yours,
Clerk of Court
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D.
VILLARAMA
Asst. Clerk of Court