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Jose, Julio and Federico, All Surnamed Junio vs. Ernesto D. Garilao

JOSE, JULIO and FEDERICO, All Surnamed JUNIO, Petitioners, versus ERNESTO D. GARILAO, in His Capacity as Secretary of Agrarian Reform, Respondent.

G.R. No. 147146 | 2005-07-29

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

PANGANIBAN, J.: 

Lands already classified and identified as commercial, industrial or residential before June 15, 1988 -- the date of effectivity of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) -- are outside the coverage of this law. Therefore, they no longer need any conversion clearance from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). 

The Case 

Before the Court is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the February 24, 2000 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-GR SP No. 37217. The Decision denied petitioners' Petition for Certiorari[3]...