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2015-07-08 |
PERLAS-BERNABE, J. |
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| Section 1, Canon IV of A.M. No. 03-06-13-SC,[35] otherwise known as the “Code of Conduct for Court Personnel,” mandates that “[c]ourt personnel shall at all times perform official duties properly and with diligence. x xx.”The Court has repeatedly emphasized that the “[j]udicial machinery can only function if every employee performs his task with the highest degree of professionalism. Court personnel are obligated to perform their duties properly and with diligence. Any task given to an employee of the judiciary, however menial it may be, must be done in the most prompt and diligent way.”[36] Andres’ attribution of the mistake to human error[37] and his alleged heavy workload at the time[38] cannot be given credence because a heavy workload is not a compelling reason to justify failure to perform one’s duties properly. Otherwise, every government employee charged with negligence and dereliction of duty would always proffer a similar excuse to escape punishment, to the prejudice of the government service.[39] Truth be told, it is incumbent upon every government employee to adapt all reasonable means to cope with the heavy workload, for the occupation demands no less than full and uncomplaining dedication to the public service. | |||||