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Domingo Celendro Vs Ca And Leonila Vda. De Guevarra

DOMINGO CELENDRO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and LEONILA VDA. DE GUEVARRA, respondents.

G.R. No. 131099 | 1999-07-20

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

An administrative agency has no authority to review the decisions, let alone final decisions, of courts. The remedy of the losing litigant is to appeal to the proper court, not to file a petition before a quasi-judicial body.

Statement of the Case

The Petition for Review on Certiorari before us assails the September 25, 1997 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals,[2] which nullified the November 3, 1994[3] Decision of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB).[4] The Court of Appeals disposed as follows:

"WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered giving due course to the petition. The...