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Heirs of Vicente Hidalgo, Sr. vs Department of Agrarian Reform

HEIRS OF VICENTE HIDALGO, SR., Petitioners, versus DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, Respondent.

G.R. No. 136211 | 2005-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 

Before Us is a petition for review on certiorari, assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated 22 July 1998 which affirmed the Orders of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) dated 19 April 1996 and 12 December 1996. These Orders held that the landholdings of the petitioners are not exempt from the coverage of Operation Land Transfer (OLT) of the government pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 27[2] (PD No. 27). Assailed, as well, is the Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals dated 20 October 1998 which denied the Motion for Reconsideration for lack of merit. 

THE FACTS 

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