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Fidela R. Angeles Vs. The Secretary of Justice, et al

FIDELA R. ANGELES, Petitioner, versus the SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, THE ADMINISTRATOR, LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF QUEZON CITY, and SENATOR TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR., Respondents.

G.R. No. 142549 | 2010-03-09

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

The property involved in this case is covered by Original Certificate of Title (OCT) No. 994, which encompasses One Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Two (1,342) hectares of the Maysilo Estate, previously described by this Court En Banc as a "vast tract of land [that] stretches over three cities, comprising an area larger than the sovereign states of Monaco and the Vatican."[1] What we have before us now is touted as "one of the biggest and most extensive land-grabbing incidents in recent history."[2]

The existence of several cases already decided by this Court dealing with this infamous estate has...