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De Guzman vs. Court of Appeals

FROILAN DE GUZMAN, ANGEL MARCELO and NICASIO MAGBITANG, Petitioners, versus THE COURT OF APPEALS, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, and the MUNICIPALITY OF BALIUAG, BULACAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 156965 | 2006-10-12

THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
Tinga, J.
 
On appeal via a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure are the Decision[1] and Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 55710. The Decision affirmed the Resolution dated 4 October 1999 of the Office of the President dismissing petitioners' appeal from the Order of the Secretary of Agrarian Reform declaring that the disputed property cannot be placed under the coverage of the agrarian reform program or the Operation Land Transfer. 
 
The following factual antecedents are matters of record. 
 
Petitioners...