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Roxas & Co., Inc. vs. DAMBA-NFSW [DECISION]

ROXAS & COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, versus DAMBA-NFSW and the DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM,* Respondents

G.R. No. 149548 | 2009-12-04

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.

The main subject of the seven consolidated petitions is the application of petitioner Roxas & Co., Inc. (Roxas & Co.) for conversion from agricultural to non-agricultural use of its three haciendas located in Nasugbu, Batangas containing a total area of almost 3,000 hectares. The facts are not new, the Court having earlier resolved intimately-related issues dealing with these haciendas. Thus, in the 1999 case of Roxas & Co., Inc. v. Court of Appeals,[1] the Court presented the facts as follows:

. . . Roxas & Co. is a domestic corporation and is the registered owner of three haciendas, namely,...