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DAR etc. Vs. Hon. Hakim S. Abdulwahid

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, REP. BY REGIONAL DIRECTOR NASER M. MUSALI, PETITIONER, VERSUS HON. HAKIM S. ABDULWAHID, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BR. XII OF ZAMBOANGA CITY, AND YUPANGCO COTTON MILLS, INC., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 163285 | 2008-02-27

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, C.J.:

The Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) is vested with primary and exclusive jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate agrarian reform matters, including all matters involving the implementation of the agrarian reform program. Thus, when a case is merely an incident involving the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), then jurisdiction remains with the DARAB, and not with the regular courts.

This is a petition for review by certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Court of a Decision dated November 21, 2003, and the Resolution dated April 21, 2004, both...