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Land Bank of the Philippines Vs. Josefina R. Dumlao, et al.

LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus JOSEFINA R. DUMLAO, A. FLORENTINO R. DUMLAO, JR., STELLA DUMLAO-ATIENZA, and NESTOR R. DUMLAO, represented by Attorney-In-Fact, A. Florentino R. Dumlao, Jr., Respondents.

G.R. No. 167809 | 2008-11-27

D E C I S I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

IN determining just compensation for lands covered by the government's Operation Land Transfer, which law applies - Presidential Decree (PD) No. 27[1] or Republic Act (RA) No. 6657[2] known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform (CARP) Law?

This and other related questions are brought to the Court via this petition for review on certiorari[3] of the Decision[4] of the Court of Appeals (CA) granting each of respondents a five-hectare retention area and ordering petitioner to pay them One Hundred Nine Thousand Pesos (P109,000.00) per hectare for the excess of the retained area.

The Facts

Respondents...