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Heirs of Arce vs. Department of Agrarian Reform

HEIRS OF RAMON ARCE, SR., PETITIONERS, V. DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY VIRGILIO DELOS REYES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 228503 | 2018-07-25

D E C I S I O N
 
TIJAM, J.:
 
We resolve this petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the Decision[2]dated August 5, 2016 and the Resolution[3] dated November 28, 2016 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA­-G.R. SP No. 140755.
 
The Antecedent Facts
 
As early as the 1950s, even before the advent of Republic Act (RA) No. 6657,[4] otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) of 1988, through which the State implements its policy for a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), the Heirs of Ramon Arce, Sr., namely, Eulalio Arce, Lorenza Arce,...