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The Honorable Secretary of the DAR vs. Heirs of Redemptor [CONCURRING OPINION, PERLAS-BERNABE, J.]

THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, THE DAR REGIONAL DIRECTOR, REGION VIII, THE PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER OF PROVINCE OF LEYTE, MUNICIPAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER OF TABANGO, LEYTE, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF LEYTE, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF REDEMPTOR AND ELISA ABUCAY, NAMELY: RENA B. ABUCAY, RHEA B. ABUCAY­ BEDUYA, RIS B. ABUCAY­ BUANTE, ELVER B. ABUCAY, REDELISA ABUCAY-AGUSTIN, RHOTA B. ABUCAY, HEREIN REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY-IN-FACT RENA B. ABUCAY, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 186964] THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, THE DAR REGIONAL DIRECTOR, REGION VIII, THE PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM OFFICER, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF REDEMPTOR AND ELISA ABUCAY, NAMELY: RENA B. ABUCAY, RHEA B. ABUCAY­ BEDUYA, RIS B. ABUCAY-­BUANTE, ELVER B. ABUCAY, REDELISA ABUCAY-AGUSTIN, RHOTA B. ABUCAY, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 186432 | 2019-03-12

CONCURRING OPINION

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
The Facts

This case stemmed from a Complaint[1] for Cancellation of Original Certificates of Title (OCTs) denominated as Emancipation Patents (EPs) with payment of back rentals (cancellation case) filed by respondents Heirs of Redemptor and Elisa Abucay (Spouses Abucay), namely: Rena B. Abucay, Rhea B. Abucay-Beduya, Ris B. Abucay-Buante, Elver B. Abucay, Redelisa Abucay-Agustin, and Rhota B. Abucay (respondents), before the Office of the Regional Agrarian Reform Adjudicator in Tacloban City (RARAD) dated April 26, 2004,[2] docketed as DARAB Case No. R-0800-0015-04, assailing the...