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Department of Agrarian Reform vs. Lapanday Foods Corp. and HEARBCO-1

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM REPRESENTED BY THE HON. JOHN R. CASTRICIONES, PETITIONER, VS. LAPANDAY FOODS CORPORATION AND HIJO EMPLOYEES AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES COOPERATIVE 1 [HEARBCO-1], RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 247339 | 2023-03-13

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, SAJ.:
 
An agrarian dispute refers to any controversy relating to tenurial arrangements over agricultural lands. However, when the issue centers around agreements on the produce from Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program covered agricultural lands, civil law provisions on contracts apply, and jurisdiction falls on regular courts, not the Department of Agrarian Reform.[1]
 
This Court resolves the Petition for Review on Certiorari[2] filed by the Department of Agrarian Reform, assailing the Decision[3] and Resolution[4] of the Court of Appeals, which upheld the Orders[5] of the...