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Laura Sarne, et al vs Hon Vivian Maquiling, et al

LAURA SARNE, LORENZO JAUGAN, LOWENA ABANG-JAUGAN, PEDRO JAUGAN, and JENELYN SUSTIN-JAUGAN, petitioners, vs. HON. VIVIAN O. MAQUILING, as Provincial Adjudicator of the DAR Adjudication Board, Dumaguete City, FELISA RAFAL, ESTRELLA R. ELNASIN, CIPRIANO RAFAL, OSCAR RAFAL, and ROMANA RAFAL, respondents.

G.R. No. 138839 | 2002-05-09

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This is an appeal from the Resolution[1] of the Court of Appeals dated November 26, 1998, in CA-G.R. SP No. 48838 denying the petition for certiorari filed by herein petitioners.

On February 17, 1998, private respondents filed a complaint[2] for redemption and damages against petitioners before the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB), Office of the Provincial Adjudicator, Dumaguete City, docketed as DARAB Case No. VII-54-NO-98. In their complaint, they alleged that as tenants of the subject parcel of land, they have the right of preemption and redemption pursuant to Sections 11 and 12 of...