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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES DANTE AND LOLITA BENIGNO, RESPONDENTS.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES DANTE AND LOLITA BENIGNO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 205492 | 2015-03-11

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

This Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] seeks to set aside the January 22, 2013 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 97995, which denied the herein petitioner’s Omnibus Motion[3] seeking reconsideration of the CA’s October 9, 2012 Resolution[4] denying petitioner’s Motion for Extension[5] of time to file its Appellant’s Brief.
 
Factual Antecedents
 
On November 2, 1995, spouses Dante and Lolita Benigno (respondents, collectively) filed with the Regional Trial Court of Calamba, Laguna (Calamba RTC) an Application for Registration[6]...