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Municipality of San Juan vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JUAN, METRO MANILA, petitioner vs. COURT OF APPEALS, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, CORAZON DE JESUS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., ADRIANO A. DELAMIDA, SR. CELSO T. TORRES, TARCILA V. ZATA, QUIRICO T. TORRES, CATALINA BONGAT, MILAGROS A. HERBOLARIO, ROSALINDA A. PIMENTEL, PURIFICACION MORELLA, FRANCISCO RENION, SR., MARCELINA CORPUZ, BENEDICTO FALCON, MAXIMO FALCON, MARIO BOLANOS, VICENTE T. SURIAO, ROSARIO GREGORIA G. DORADO, JEREMIAS Z. PATRON, ALEX RODRIGUEZ, MARIA LUISA ALPAPARA, HERMINIA C. RODRIGUEZ, VICTORIANO ESPANOL, MARIO L. AGUILAR, FREDDIE AMADOR, SILVERIO PURISIMA, JR., PROCOPIO B. PENARANDA, ELADIO MAGLUYAN, HELENITA GUEI, CELESTINO MONTANO, ROMEO GOMEZ, OFELIA LOGO, JIMMY MACION, DAISY A. MANGA, MAURO MANGA, ARTHUR HERBOLARIO, MANOLITO HERBOLARIO, ROSARIO ANCHETA, TERESITA A. VICTORIA, ROSALINA SAMPAGA, MARIQUITA RUADO, FELIPE ANCHETA, MAGDALENA CABREZA, MARIA BIANDILLA, NILDA ARENSOL, LORENZO S. TOLEDO, and NAPOLEON D. VILORIA, SR., respondents.

G.R. No. 125183 | 1997-09-29

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing and seeking to reverse and set aside: a) the decision dated November 23, 1995 of the Court of Appeals reversing the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Metro Manila, Branch 159; and b) the resolution dated May 28, 1996 denying reconsideration of said decision.

The generative facts of the case are as follows:

On February 17, 1978, then President Ferdinand Marcos issued Proclamation No. 1716 reserving for Municipal Government Center Site Purposes certain parcels of land of the public domain located in the...