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Republic vs. Carmencita Alconaba, Melendez, Lazaro, et al, 427 SCRA 611

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus CARMENCITA M. ALCONABA; LUISITO B. MELENDEZ; CONCEPCION M. LAZARO; MAURICIO B. MELENDEZ, JR.; and MYRNA M. GALVEZ, represented by CONCEPCION M. LAZARO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 155012 | 2004-04-14

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
DAVIDE, JR., C.J.: 
 
To serve the ends of social justice, which is the heart of the 1987 Constitution, the State promotes an equitable distribution of alienable agricultural lands of the public domain to deserving citizens, especially the underprivileged. A land registration court must, therefore, exercise extreme caution and prudent care in deciding an application for judicial confirmation of an imperfect title over such lands so that the public domain may not be raided by unscrupulous land speculators.[1] 
 
At bar is a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil...