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Islanders Carp-FarmersBeneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Inc. vs. Lapanday Agricultural and Development Corporation.

ISLANDERS CARP-FARMERS BENEFICIARIES MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE, INC., Petitioner, versus LAPANDAY AGRICULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159089 | 2006-05-03

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, CJ

The Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) has jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate all agrarian disputes involving the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL). Included in the definition of agrarian disputes are those arising from other tenurial arrangements beyond the traditional landowner-tenant or lessor-lessee relationship. Expressly, these arrangements are recognized by Republic Act 6657 as essential parts of agrarian reform. Thus, the DARAB has jurisdiction over disputes arising from the instant Joint Production Agreement entered into by...