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Armando C. Carpio vs Sulu Resources Dev't. Corp.

ARMANDO C. CARPIO, petitioner, vs. SULU RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, respondent.

G.R. No. 148267 | 2002-08-06

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Decisions and final orders of the Mines Adjudication Board (MAB) are appealable to the Court of Appeals under Rule 43 of the 1997 Rules of Court. Although not expressly included in the Rule, the MAB is unquestionably a quasi-judicial agency and stands in the same category as those enumerated in its provisions.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, challenging the August 31, 2000 Decision[1] and May 3, 2001 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 46830. The Assailed Decision disposed as follows:

"WHEREFORE, premises considered,...