LEONILA A. VISTAN, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE RUBEN T. NICOLAS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT, PANDI, BULACAN, RESPONDENT.

Acting on respondent Judge’s
Motion for Reconsideration, dated 1
October 1991, of the Decision of 13 September 1991, which dismissed him
from the service with prejudice to re-employment in any branch, agency or
instrumentality of the government including government-owned or controlled
corporations and with forfeiture of all his accrued retirement benefits and
leave credits, if any, the Court RESOLVED, out of humanitarian consideration
for respondent Judge who is due for retirement on 17 December 1991, to AMEND
the dispositive portion of its Decision of 13 September 1991 to read as follows:

WHEREFORE, 1) in AC No. 3040, the prayer for disbarment is
DENIED but respondent Municipal Trial Court Judge, Ruben T. Nicolas, is SEVERELY CENSURED for his gross
misconduct in holding himself out as a candidate for an elective office while
still a member of the Bench; 2)
in AM No. MTJ-87-79, respondent Judge is
hereby DISMISSED from the service, with prejudice to re-employment in any branch, agency or instrumentality
of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations.  He may however, enjoy all vacation and
sick leave benefits that he has earned during the period of his government service.  (Revision underlined).

This Resolution is immediately executory.

SO ORDERED.

Narvasa, Melencio-Herrera, Gutierrez, Jr., Cruz, Paras,
Feliciano, Padilla, Bidin, Grino-Aquino, Medialdea, Regalado, Davide, Jr., and Romero, JJ., concur.

Fernan, C.J., on leave.