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C & M Timber Corp. vs. Angel C. Alcala, et al.

C & M TIMBER CORPORATION (CMTC), petitioner vs. HON. ANGEL C. ALCALA, Secretary of the Department of Environment & Natural Resources, HON. ANTONIO T. CARPIO, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, and HON. RENATO C. CORONA, Assistant Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs, respondents.

G.R. No. 111088 | 1997-06-13

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J:

This is a petition for certiorari by which C & M Timber Corporation seeks the nullification of the order dated February 26, 1993 and the resolution dated June 7, 1993 of the Office of the President, declaring as of no force and effect Timber License Agreement (TLA) No. 106 issued to petitioner on June 30, 1972. TLA No. 106, with the expiry date June 30, 1997, covers 67,680 hectares of forest land in the municipalities of Dipaculao and Dinalongan in the Province of Aurora and the Municipality of Maddela in Quirino province. 1

It appears that in a letter dated July 20, 1984 2 to President Marcos, Filipinas...