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Roque vs. Diretor of Lands,et al.

IRENEO ROQUE, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE HONORABLE, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS; THE HONORABLE, THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT and JOSE FACUN, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-25373 | 1976-07-01

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The appealed decision of the lower court, 1 dismissing a certiorari petition against the Assistant Executive Secretary of the President for sustaining the award by the Director of Lands of a homestead application and thus overruling the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has in its favor conformity with the policy of the law as reiterated in a host of cases. Petitioner, himself a previous beneficiary of the statute, would seek to add to his holding by a sales application. The prevailing party, private respondent Jose Facun, on the other hand, had applied for the disputed lot as a homesteader as...