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2006-11-16 |
SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J. |
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| Section 7, Rule 136 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, and Section A, Chapter II, of the Manual for Clerks of Court, provide that it is the clerk of court's duty to safely keep all records, papers, files, exhibits and public property committed to his charge. As court custodian, it is his responsibility to ensure that the records are safely kept and the same are readily available upon the request of the parties or order of the court. He must be diligent and vigilant in performing his official duties and in supervising and managing court dockets and records.[9] As an officer of the Court, respondent is expected to discharge his duty of safekeeping court records with diligence, efficiency and professionalism.[10] The conduct and behavior of everyone connected with an office charged with the dispensation of justice is circumscribed with the heavy burden of responsibility. This Court cannot countenance any act or omission on the part of all those involved in the administration of justice which would violate the norm of public accountability and diminish or even just tend to diminish the faith of the people in the Judiciary.[11] | |||||