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[2/2] Confederation of Sugar Producers Asso., Inc., et al. vs. Dept. of Agrarian Reforms et al.

[2/2] 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

DAR's compulsory acquisition procedure is
based on Section 16 of RA 6657. It does not,
in any way, preclude judicial determination
of just compensation


Contrary to the petitioners' submission that the compulsory acquisition procedure adopted by the DAR is without legal basis, it is actually based on Section 16 of RA 6657. Under the said law, there are two modes of acquisition of private agricultural lands: compulsory and voluntary. The procedure for compulsory acquisition is that prescribed under Section 16 of RA 6657.

In Roxas & Co., Inc. v. Court of Appeals,[41] the Court painstakingly outlined the procedure for compulsory...