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Anacleto R. Meneses, et al. vs. Secretary of Agrarian Reform, et al.

ANACLETO R. MENESES, FRANCISCO C. MENESES CECILIA C. MEMESES, RAMON M. VASCO, CARMENCITA M. VASCO-ALIVIA, VICTOR A. MENESES, MA. ROSARIO MENESES-CARREON, GAVINO A. MENESES, ARTEMIO A. MENESES, JR., MA. CARMEN R. BONGGA, MA. THERESA M. RODRIGO, JACINTO M. RODRIGO, MA. ELIZABETH M. RODRIGO, MARTIN M. RODRIGO, JOSE ANTONIO M. RODRIGO, DOMINGO M. SALONGA, CAROLINA M. SALONGA, CORAZON M. SALONGA, CRISTINA M. SALONGA, CARMELITA M. SALONGA, CYNTHIA M. SALONGA and MARILYN F. SALONGA, versus SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORM, LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, RODRIGO VELAYO, ANGEL SOLIMAN, RICARDO MASASU, REGINA STA. ANA, JUANITO CASTRO, SEVERINO LIGON, MARCELINO CUEVAS, MANOLO GARCIA, RODRIGO URBANO, FELIX BINUYA, GORGONIO CATU, ERLINDA ABLAZA, IGMEDIO SANTOS, FLORENTINA SUSPAN, PEDRO SUPAN, GABRIEL PONCE, FELIPE PONCE, MAGNO PONCE, RELELCIO PONCE, IRENEO RAMOS, ORLANDO TAYAO, EULALIO TRINIDAD, MOISES MORALES, LAZARO MATIAS, FORTUNATA MANUGON, ROMEO MANUZON, and DAMASO DURIA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 156304. | 2006-10-23

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 
 
Petitioners were co-owners pro-indiviso of an irrigated rice land in Barangay Batasan, San Miguel, Bulacan, measuring 60.8544 hectares and registered in the name of their grandparents, the spouses Ramon Meneses and Carmen Rodriguez-Meneses. On October 21, 1972, the property was distributed to farmer-beneficiaries by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 27 (P.D. No. 27). 
 
On July 16, 1993, petitioners filed with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bulacan, Branch 13, a complaint for determination and payment of just compensation. Petitioners alleged that...