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Nicanor T. Santos Development Corporation vs. Hon. Secretary DAR, et al

NICANOR T. SANTOS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Petitioner, vs. HON. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, DAR ADJUDICATION BOARD & MUNICIPAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICE (ANDREA F. DALMACIO), TUBA, BENGUET, Respondents.

G.R. No. 159654 | 2006-02-28



THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N 

TINGA, J.: 

Before the Court is an appeal by certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, seeking the reversal of the Court of Appeals Decision in CA-G.R. SP No. 69267[1] which dismissed for lack of merit the petition for mandamus filed by herein petitioner Nicanor T. Santos Development Corporation against respondent officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). 

The following factual antecedents are matters of record. 

Petitioner Nicanor T. Santos Development Corporation is a domestic corporation which owns a large tract of land known as the Santos Farm situated in...