EN BANC

A.M. No. 05-1-13-SC.

RESOLUTION No. 04-24 RE: APPROVAL OF DMC RESOLUTION No. 09-04, ‘CLARIFYING THE 30-DAY MEDIATION PERIOD

Gentlemen:

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

The Court resolved to

(a) NOTE the Letter dated 6 January 2005 of Justice Ameurfina A. Melencio Herrera, Chancellor, PHILJA, transmitting Resolution No. 04-24, adopted by the PHILJA Board of Trustees at its 38^th Meeting held on 9 December 2004; and

(b) NOTE and APPROVE the aforesaid Resolution No. 04-24 which approved DMC Resolution No. 09-04 ‘Clarifying the 30-day Mediation Period,’ as follows:

‘1. The mediation period commences on the date the parties are ordered to appear at the PMC Unit;

2. The mediation period ends on the day the originating court receives notice from the PMC Unit of the termination of mediation proceedings. In case the 30^th day falls on a weekend or a holiday, the case shall be returned to the originating court the next working day;

3. It is the duty of the PMC Unit to notify the court, which referred the case for mediation, about the result of the mediation within 24 hours from termination of the mediation proceedings.’”

Very truly yours,

LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO

Clerk of Court

By:

(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA

Assistant Clerk of Court