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CONFED vs. DAR [DECISION]

CONFEDERATION OF SUGAR PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, INC., (CONFED), NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SUGARCANE PLANTERS, INC. (NFSP), UNITED SUGAR PRODUCERS FEDERATION OF THE PHILS., INC. (UNIFED), PANAY FEDERATION OF SUGAR-CANE FARMERS, INC. (PANAYFED), FIRST FARMERS HOLDING CORPORATION, NATIONAL CONGRESS OF UNIONS IN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES (NACUSIP), LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES - NEGROS OCCIDENTAL CHAPTER, Petitioners, versus DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR), (Now also known as DEPARTMENT OF LAND REFORM), LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (LBP), LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY (LRA). Respondents.

G.R. No. 169514 | 2007-03-30

D E C I S I O N
 
CALLEJO, SR., J.:
 
Before the Court is a petition for prohibition and mandamus under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court with prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order filed by the Confederation of Sugar Producers Association, Inc., et al. It seeks, inter alia, to enjoin the Department of Agrarian Reform, the Land Bank of the Philippines, and the Land Registration Authority from "subjecting the sugarcane farms of Petitioner Planters to eminent domain or compulsory acquisition without filing the necessary expropriation proceedings pursuant to the...