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Rosita A. Montanez Vs. Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicator (PARAD), et al.

ROSITA A. MONTANEZ, Petitioner, versus PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATOR (PARAD), NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, GIL A. ALEGARIO, DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR), as represented by the MUNICIPAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER (MARO) OF LA CASTELLANA, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL and PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, THE LANDBANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, MAURO T. ALFONSO, REMEGIO S. ALFONSO, MARIA AMAR, ANDREA T. AMBAHAN, ENRIQUE S. BARONG, JR., ENRIQUE B. BARONG, GEMMA CARREON, LORETO T. CARREON, SR., LORETO M. CARREON, JR., EDITHA CHAVEZ, SATURNINA A. CABRERA, PROMECIO M. LACHICA, ALLAN O. LACHICA, RAUL O. LACHICA, BUENA PARNICIO, CARLOS O. DE LOS REYES, ENRIQUE C. KANILOG, SR., ROMEO T. PARNICIO, ROSALINDA MURILLO, WILFREDO B. ORTEGA, FERNANDO M. PARDILLO, JR., JOCELYN SEMILLANO, ADELINA SAMSON, and CONCEPCION SEMILLANO, as represented by the LEGAL ASSISTANCE DIVISION, DAR, BACOLOD CITY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 183142 | 2009-09-17

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This petition for review under Rule 45 assails and seeks to set aside the Amended Decision[1] dated April 18, 2008 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CEB-SP No. 00229, entitled Rosita A. Montanez v. Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicator (PARAD), Negros Occidental, Gil A. Alegario, Department Of Agrarian Reform (DAR), as represented by the Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer (MARO) of La Castellana, et al.

The Facts

Petitioner Rosita A. Montanez was the owner of two (2) parcels of land with an aggregate area of 35.5998 hectares, both located at La Castellana, Negros Occidental, the first...