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The Heirs of Guillermo Batongbacal vs CA, DAR Adj Board & Catalino Santos

THE HEIRS OF GUILLERMO A. BATONGBACAL, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION BOARD, and CATALINO SANTOS, respondents.

G.R. No. 125063 | 2002-09-24

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 assailing the decision of the Court of Appeals dated August 11, 1995,[1] which upheld the decision of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB, for brevity) dated May 27, 1993,[2] as well as the resolution dated May 16, 1996[3] denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The facts as culled from the records are as follows:

Juana Luciano was the registered owner of an agricultural land planted to rice and corn measuring 16,555 square meters, situated in Barangay Bolakan, Bocaue, Bulacan, and covered by Transfer...