OCA CIRCULAR NO. 92-2006, June 29, 2006
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 92-2006, June 29, 2006
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ALL JUDGES AND CONCERNED COURT
PERSONNEL OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI’A DISTRICT COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS AND SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURTS |
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SUBJECT:
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AFFIXING THE DATE OF HEARING IN THE REGISTRY RETURN CARD/RECEIPT ATTACHED TO EACH REGISTERED MAIL OF THE COURT |
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 26 extends franking privilege to papers connected with judicial proceedings;
WHEREAS, the Philippine Postal Corporation, through
its Postmaster General Dario C. Rama, has brought to the attention of
the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) the matter of the continuing
delays in the delivery of mail matters despite existing orders
enjoining postal employees to attend to such ;— mails with dispatch;
WHEREAS, Postmaster General Rama
advances the suggestion that the registry return card/receipt attached
to each registered mail sent out by the trial courts should include the
date of hearing to alert postal employees of the urgency of the mails
they are receiving;
WHEREAS, the OCA finds merit in the suggestion propounded by Postmaster General Rama;
WHEREFORE, all concerned personnel of the trial
courts are hereby, directed to indicate/affix the date of hearing (if
the subject court document requires the appearance of the parties in the
branch) in the registry return card/receipt attached to each registered
mail sent out to the litigants.
For strict compliance.
June 29, 2006
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CHRISTOPER O. LOCK
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Court Administrator
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