A.M. No. P-18-3842 (Formerly OCA IPI No.

12-3965-P), June 11, 2018

CONSTANCIA BENONG-LINDE, Complainant, v. FELADELFA L. LOMANTAS, SOCIAL WELFARE

OFFICER II, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, TAGBILARAN CITY,
BOHOL, Respondent.

respondent Social Welfare Officer II Feladelfa L. Lomantas is found GUILTY of simple misconduct and
is FINED in an amount equivalent to her salary for one (1) month. In view of respondent's retirement from
the service on September 2, 2017, the Finance Division, Financial Management Office of the Office of the
Court Administrator is DIRECTED to deduct the amount corresponding to her one month's salary from the
retirement benefits due her.

The Supreme Court (SC) has slapped a retired Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Regional Trial Court (RTC) social
welfare officer with a fine equal to her one-month salary for meddling with an archived child custody case
and bragging about her power.
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Time and again, this Court has reiterated that the conduct and behavior of every official and employee of
an agency involved in the administration of justice, from the presiding judge to the most junior
employee, must always be beyond reproach.

WHEREFORE, for gross neglect of duty amounting to conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the
service and for gross insubordination, respondent Solomon E. Pechardo, Jr., Social Welfare Officer
II, Office of the Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, is hereby DISMISSED
from the service with forfeiture of all retirement benefits, except his accrued leave credits,14 and with
prejudice to reemployment in any branch or instrumentality of the government, including
government-owned and controlled corporations. A.M. No. P-00-1425 June 10, 2002

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, complainant,

vs.
SOLOMON E. PECHARDO, JR., Social Welfare Officer II, Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional
Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, respondent.