SC CIRCULAR NO. 11, September 16, 1986

Quoted hereunder, for your information and guidance, is the
pertinent portion of the Resolution of this Court (First Division) in Administrative Matter No. R-459-P,
entitled “The Court Administrator, etc. vs. Numeriano Galang, etc., et
al.”, promulgated on September 15, 1986, to wit:

“The Court takes this opportunity to remind all Clerks of
Court, and personnel concerned in the lower Courts to.make the proper
entries, without skipping any page, in the general docket book, docket
books for civil and criminal cases, judgment and entries took, and
execution took as contemplated in Sections 8, 9 and 10, Rule 136 of the
Rules of Court, to the end that by reference to a single page the history of the case may be seen’ and so that the actual number of
pending cases reflected in the monthly reports as submitted to this
Court tally with the actual physical count of cases in their respective
Salas.

“The Office of the Court Administrator shall see to it that all
Salas of lower courts, upon proper request and requisition, are
regularly furnished with the necessary docket books so that the
respective personnel thereof may be in a position to effectively comply
with Rule 136 of the Rules of Court.”

Strict compliance is hereby enjoined.

September 16, 1986.