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Republic of the Philippines vs. Hechero etc.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR) - REGION IV, MANILA, PETITIONER, VS. AMOR HACHERO AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF PALAWAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 200973 | 2016-05-30

D E C I S I O N
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
Subject of this petition for review on certiorari is the July 4, 2011 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-G.R. CV No. 87267 and its March 6, 2012 Resolution,[2] affirming the March 29, 2006 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 48, Puerto Princesa, Palawan (RTC), which denied the Petition for Cancellation of Free Patent, Original Certificate of Title and Reversion filed by the Republic of the Philippines (Republic).
 
The Antecedents
 
Sometime in 1996, Amor Hachero (Hachero) filed his Free Patent Application No. 045307-969 covering Lot No. 1514, CAD-1150-D (subject land)...