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Benguet Exploration, Inc., vs. Departent of Agriculture and Natural Resources, et al

BENGUET EXPLORATION, INC., petitioner, vs. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES and SOFIA V. REYES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-2953 | 1977-02-28

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

A more extensive appraisal of the controlling doctrines on the status of a department head as an alter ego of the President, with particular reference to the broad competence enjoyed by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the disposition of the public lands and the wealth it contains, and a more careful reading of the specific provisions of the Mining Act, 1 not to mention the explicit recital in the order challenged that the purpose thereof is to accord a party the "formal hearing" thereby complying with the procedural due process requisite, ought to have cautioned against the filing of...