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Francisco, Claro, et al. Vs. Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, et al.

CLARO FRANCISCO, DOMINADOR FRANCISCO, DIONISIO GALICIA, MAXIMO GALICIA [now Salvador Galicia], JUAN SILANGA, ANATALIO ALBERTO [Agustin Enriquez - appeal withdrawn], PEDRO FEJER, [Nicolas Malabriga], PACIFICO GANORIA [now Andres Madali] and JUANITO GANORIA, petitioners, vs. THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, REGIONAL LAND OFFICER NO. 3, DISTRICT LAND OFFICER NO. III-12, LUCIO SUAREZ, JR., JUANITO SUAREZ, LUCYNITA SUAREZ to be assisted by her husband PEDRO ATIENZA, JULIAN TEJADA and JUANITA TEJADA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-31216 | 1983-04-20

R E S O L U T I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

Petitioners filed a petition for certiorari in the Court of First Instance of Oriental Mindoro, docketed as Special Civil Case No. R-41, to annul and set aside the order of the Honorable Fernando Lopez, then Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, which affirmed the decision of the Director of Lands, dismissing petitioners' claims and giving due course to private respondents' applications for homestead patents.

The antecedent facts are not disputed. Sometime in 1951, private respondents filed with the Director of Lands individual applications for Homestead Patents covering Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...