EN BANC

A.M. No. 03-12-02-SC

RE: REQUEST FOR POSSIBLE GRANT OF SPECIAL ALLOWANCES TO POSITIONS IN THE JUDICIARY WITH RANK OF JUDGES OF METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS

Sir/Mesdames:

Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated MAR 1 2005.

Acting on the Letter dated 7 February 2005 of Presiding Justice Ernesto D. Acosta, Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), endorsing the request of Atty. Elvissa P. Apolinario, Executive Clerk of Court III, CTA, for the retroactive application of the resolution of 18 January 2005, the Court Resolved to GRANT the request.

The resolution of 18 January 2005, granting a special allowance to the position of Executive Clerk of Court III, CTA, in the amount and nature equivalent to the special allowance authorized or actually received by judges under R.A. 9227, is hereby given retroactive application from 11 NOVEMBER 2003.”  Morales, J., on leave. (75)

Very truly yours,

LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO

Clerk of Court

By:

(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA

Assistant Clerk of Court