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Assoc. Of Rice & Corn Producers of the Phils. Inc., et al. Vs. Nat'l Land Reform Council

ASSOCIATION OF RICE & CORN PRODUCERS OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., MANUEL GALLEGO, JR., EUFEMIO P. CAPARAS, and GUALBERTO E. ARQUILLA, petitioners, vs. THE NATIONAL LAND REFORM COUNCIL, THE LAND AUTHORITY and THE PROVINCIAL FISCAL OF NUEVA ECIJA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-29007 | 1982-04-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, C.J.:

The need to pass upon the constitutionality of the Agricultural Land Reform Code [1] in this petition for prohibition was obviated with the issuance of Presidential Decree No. 27, [2] the validity of which was assumed in De Chavez v. Zobel [3] and specifically upheld in the later case of Gonzales v. Estrella. [4] The petition is brought primarily on behalf of the Association of Rice & Corn Producers of the Philippines, Inc. Rice and corn lands subject to tillage are very lands involved in Presidential Decree No. 27. At any rate, even without the later Presidential Decree, no infirmity on constitutional...