Presidential Decree et al. vs. De Guzman et al.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1271 COMMITTEE, THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, AND BENEDICTO ULEP, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, PETITIONERS, VS. GLORIA RODRIGUEZ DE GUZMAN, REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, LORENZO MA. G. AGUILAR, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 187334] GLORIA RODRIGUEZ DE GUZMAN, REPRESENTED BY HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, LORENZO MA. G. AGUILAR, PETITIONER, VS. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1271 COMMITTEE, RAUL M. GONZALES, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, ANTONIO B. NACHURA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SOLICITOR GENERAL, BENEDICTO B. ULEP, IN HIS CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY, AND JUANITO K. AMPAGUEY, IN HIS CAPACITY AS REGISTRAR OF DEEDS OF BAGUIO CITY, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 187291 | 2016-12-05

Republic of the Philippines

Supreme Court

Manila

SECOND DIVISION

DECISION

LEONEN, J.:

Land registration cases that only resolve the propriety of the results of a resurvey of Baguio City properties do not bar a subsequent declaration of the nullity of the titles on account of Republic v. Marcos^[1] and Presidential Decree No. 1271.

These consolidated cases concern the validation of certain properties under Presidential Decree No. 1271, which declared null and void all orders and decisions decreeing lands within the Baguio Townsite Reservation in favor of private parties by virtue of the reopening of Civil...