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NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION VS. ZABALA and BAYLON

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, "PETITIONER" VS. SPOUSES RODOLFO ZABALA and LILIA BAYLON, "RESPONDENTS"

G.R. No.173520 | 2013-01-30



SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Legislative enactments, as well as executive issuances, fixing or providing fix the method of computing just compensation are tantamount to impermissible encroachment on judicial prerogatives.1 Thus they are not binding on courts and, at best, are treated as mere guidelines in ascertaining the amount of just compensation.2

This Petition for Review on Certiorari3 assails the July 10, 2006 Decision4 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 85396 which affirmed the June 28, 2004 Partial Decision5 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 2, Balanga City in an eminent domain case,6 ordering...