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Paz vs. Republic (DENR)

LUCIANO P. PAZ, Petitioner, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ACTING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, PUBLIC ESTATES AUTHORITY, FILINVEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, and FILINVEST ALABANG, INC., Respondents.

G.R. No. 157367 | 2011-11-23

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The petitioner assails the decision promulgated on August 1, 2002,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the dismissal by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 276, in Muntinlupa City of his petition for the cancellation of a certificate of title brought under Section 108 of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1529 (Property Registration Decree).
 
Antecedents
 
On November 29, 2000, the petitioner brought a petition for the cancellation of Original Certificate of Title (OCT) No. 684 docketed as LRC Case No. 00-059. The petition, ostensibly made under Section 108 of P.D. No. 1529,...