MANILA — The Supreme Court has kicked off its caravan on the pilot implementation of the Office of the Regional Court Manager or ORCM in La Union, in an effort to remove administrative work from lower courts so they can focus on court proceedings.

“Soon, first- and second-level court judges can focus primarily on deciding cases as they will be rid of administrative worries and concerns, thus improving court processes and the delivery of justice,” the SC said in a statement.

Under the modernization program of the Office of the Court Administrator, the ORCM shall decentralize and improve the delivery of administrative services to first and second-level courts by establishing regional offices.

“The ORCM will be given the authority to sign off on administrative and fiscal matters and to deliver multiple services directly to the courts,” the SC said.

Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo said in the statement that the new set-up aims to optimize and harmonize the administrative process involved and ease the administrative workload of executive judges.

“Through this, we hope to eradicate the administrative delays and inefficiencies that add to the worries and concerns of our trial court judges, who as it stands, are already saddled with adjudicative work,” Gesmundo said.