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Desamparado Vda De Nazareno, et al vs CA, Sps Salasalan, et al

DESAMPARADO VDA. DE NAZARENO and LETICIA NAZARENO TAPIA, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, MR. & MRS. JOSE SALASALAN, MR. & MRS. LEO RABAYA, AVELINO LABIS, HON. ROBERTO G. HILARIO, ROLLEO I. IGNACIO, ALBERTO M. GILLERA and HON. ABELARDO G. PALAD, JR., in their official and/or private capacities, respondents. / APPELLEEARANCES OF COUNSEL / Manolo L. Tagarda, Sr. for petitioners. / Arturo R. Legaspi for private respondents.

G.R. No. 98045 | 1996-06-26

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J.:

Petitioners Desamparado Vda. de Nazareno and Leticia Nazareno Tapia challenge the decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the dismissal of petitioners' complaint by the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental, Branch 22. The complaint was for annulment of the verification, report and recommendation, decision and order of the Bureau of Lands regarding a parcel of public land.

The only issue involved in this petition is whether or not petitioners exhausted administrative remedies before having recourse to the courts.

The subject of this controversy is a parcel of land situated in Telegrapo, Puntod,...