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Corpuz vs Spouses Grospe

GAVINO CORPUZ, petitioner, vs. Spouses GERONIMO GROSPE and HILARIA GROSPE, respondents.

G.R. No. 135297 | 2000-06-08

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

The sale, transfer or conveyance of land reform rights are, as a rule, void in order to prevent a circumvention of agrarian reform laws. However, in the present case, the voluntary surrender or waiver of these rights in favor of the Samahang Nayon is valid because such action is deemed a legally permissible conveyance in favor of the government. After the surrender or waiver of said land reform rights, the Department of Agrarian Reform, which took control of the property, validly awarded it to private respondents.

The Case

Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari of the May 14, 1998 Decision1...