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Republic of the Philippines etc. Vs. Hon. Normelito J. Ballocanag etc. et al

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by Romeo T. Acosta (formerly Jose D. Malvas), Director of Forest Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Petitioners, versus HON. NORMELITO J. BALLOCANAG, Presiding Judge, Branch 41, Regional Trial Court, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro and DANILO REYES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 163794 | 2008-11-28

D E C I S I O N


NACHURA, J.:

Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure seeking the reversal of the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision[2] dated June 4, 2004, in CA-G.R. SP No. 52261, which affirmed the Joint Order[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro, Branch 41, dated December 28, 1998.

The facts, as summarized by the CA, are as follows:

Sometime in 1970, [private respondent Danilo] Reyes bought the subject 182,941-square-meter land at Bgy. Banus, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro [subject land] from one Regina Castillo (or Castillo) in whose name...