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Eustaquio Candari, Jr., et al. Vs. Roland Donasco, et al.

EUSTAQUIO CANDARI, JR., RENE ESPULGAR, EDITHA DACIA, GONZALO PALMA, JR., ANDRES DE LEON, ARNOLD BAJAR, PETER BAYBAYAN, EUGENIO TABURNO, MATEO ALOJADO, ANSELMO LIGTAS, FLORITA BULANGIS, ADELAIDA PENIG, ATTY. LEVI SALIGUMBA, EDITHA JIMENA, CYNTHIA BELARMA and ANTONIA BANTING, Petitioners, versus ROLAND DONASCO, LIDIO VILLA, RENE GAID, PEPITO GUMBAN, OSCAR ANDRADA, ROMEO CASTONES, ROSEMARY CORDOVA, GLORIA MATULLANO, PONCIANO ABALOS, RESTITUTO BATIANCILLA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 185053 | 2012-02-15

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

SERENO, J.:

Respondents were members of the board of directors of Dolefil Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative, Incorporated (DARBCI).  They were elected into office on 12 July 1998 and their terms should have ended on 12 July 2000. However, they continued to occupy their positions in a holdover capacity until the controversy in this case arose.

On 23 November 2005, respondents instituted Civil Case No. 471-05 at Branch 39 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Polomolok, South Cotabato to enjoin petitioners from holding a special general assembly (GA) and an election of...