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Biak-Na-Bato Mining Company Vs. Arturo R. Tanco, Jr., Et Al.

BIAK-NA-BATO MINING COMPANY, petitioner, vs. HON. ARTURO R. TANCO, JR., in his capacity as the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and BALATOC-LUBUAGAN MINES, INC., respondents. BIAK-NA-BATO MINING COMPANY, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE ARTURO R. TANCO, JR., in his capacity as the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and MOUNTAIN MINES, INC., respondents. Ta?ada, Vivo & Tan for petitioner. Norberto J. Quisumbing, Francisco Catral & A.N. Bolinao, Jr. and Bengzon, Villegas & Zarraga for private respondents.

G.R. Nos. 34267-68 | 1991-01-25

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari which seeks to annul and set aside the September 17, 1971 decision of the Honorable Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources ** in DANR Case Nos. 3613-3613-A entitled "Biak-Na-Bato Mining Company vs. Balatoc-Lubuagan Mines, Inc. and Mountain Mines, Inc." affirming the decision of the Director of Mines *** dated December 17, 1970 in Mines Administrative Cases Nos. V-494 and V-495, finding the respondents to have a better right to the 170 mining claims of about 1,520 hectares located at the Cordillera Mountains, in Pasil, Municipality of Balatoc, Province of...