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P.Visca vs Sec Of Agriculture & Nat'l Resources eta

POLICARPIO VISCA, petitioner-appellant, vs. HON. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, DIRECTOR OF LANDS, HEIRS OF LEON REYES, represented by ESCOLASTICA FERNANDO, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-40464 | 1989-05-09

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This case was certified to Us by the Court of Appeals, per its Resolution, dated March 17, 1975.

The issue to be resolved in this case is whether or not certiorari and/or mandamus will lie: 1) in the absence of statements in the petition establishing and proving with certainty that there is no appeal nor plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law; 2) for failure to exhaust the administrative remedy of appeal to the Office of the President.

Petitioner Policarpio Visca (hereafter VISCA), upon discovering that the homestead application of one Leon Reyes (H.A. No. 9893) allegedly...