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Emily Yu Fajardo, Et Al. Vs. Odilon I. Bautista

MS. EMILY YU FAJARDO, SPOUSES SALVADOR and ENGRACIA GIANAN, SPOUSES RENE and BEVERLY RODELAS, SPOUSES JULIAN and TERESITA CUIZON, MS. TERESITA RIVERA and RICARDO VILLANUEVA, petitioners, vs. HON. ODILON I. BAUTISTA, in his capacity as the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 37, Calamba, Laguna, SPOUSES ISABELO and PURITA JARE?O, RUBEN HABACON, and CESAR S. REYES, in his capacity as the Register of Deeds, Calamba, Laguna, respondents.

G.R. No. 102193-97 | 1994-05-10

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This is a special civil action for certiorari which seeks to annul the 4 September 1991 Order of the respondent Judge dismissing the complaints of the petitioners for lack of jurisdiction, and the 20 September 1991 Order denying the petitioner's motion for reconsideration. The respondent Judge had ruled that jurisdiction over the cases pertained to the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLRB) and not the Regional Trial Court. The petitioners asseverate that the RTC has jurisdiction over the cases.

The pleadings of the parties disclose the following facts:

Private respondents Isabelo Jareño...