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Sps Berto Villorente, et al. vs Aplaya Laiya Corporation

SPOUSES BERTO VILLORENTE & LERMA T. VILLORENTE, and SPOUSES CATALINO BAJETA & PASCUALA A. BAJETA, Petitioners, versus APLAYA LAIYA CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 145013 | 2005-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


CALLEJO, SR., J.: 

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court seeking the reversal of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated September 15, 2000 in CA-G.R. SP No. 51531. The appellate court dismissed the petition for review[2] which challenged the November 6, 1996 Conversion Order[3] issued by then Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Ernesto D. Garilao, on the sole ground of untimeliness in the filing of the said petition. 

The Antecedents 

The Aplaya Laiya Corporation (ALC) is the owner of 22 parcels of agricultural land with an area of...