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FLORENCIA PARIS vs. DIONISIO A. ALFECHE, JUAN L. ALFECHE, MAXIMO N. PADILLA, DIONISIO Q. MATILOS, Heirs of GREG A. ALFECHE, DIONISIO W. MATILO, SIMPLICIO L. ADAYA, TEOFILO M. DE GUZMAN, FRANCISCO B. DINGLE and MARIFE NAVARO

FLORENCIA PARIS, petitioner, vs. DIONISIO A. ALFECHE, JUAN L. ALFECHE, MAXIMO N. PADILLA, DIONISIO Q. MATILOS, Heirs of GREG A. ALFECHE, DIONISIO W. MATILO, SIMPLICIO L. ADAYA, TEOFILO M. DE GUZMAN, FRANCISCO B. DINGLE and MARIFE NAVARO, respondents.

G.R. No. 139083 | 2001-08-30

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Homesteads are not exempt from the operation of the Land Reform Law. The right to retain seven hectares of land is subject to the condition that the landowner is actually cultivating that area or will cultivate it upon the effectivity of the said law.

The Case

The Petition for Review before us assails the June 4, 1999 Decision of the Court of Appeals[1] (CA), in CA-GR SP No. 45738, which affirmed the ruling of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB). The decretal portion of the CA Decision reads:

"WHEREFORE, [there being] no grave abuse of discretion x x x committed by DARAB, the...