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DAR vs Roberto Cuenca and Hon. Alfonso Combong Jr

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, Petitioner, versus ROBERTO J. CUENCA and Hon. ALFONSO B. COMBONG JR., in His Capacity as the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 63, La Carlota City, Respondents.

G.R. No. 154112 | 2004-09-23

DECISION


PANGANIBAN, J.:

A

ll controversies on the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), even though they raise questions that are also legal or constitutional in nature. All doubts should be resolved in favor of the DAR, since the law has granted it special and original authority to hear and adjudicate agrarian matters.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the March 15, 2002 Decision[2] and the June 18, 2002 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-GR SP No. 58536. In the...