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Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board, et al. vs. Josefina S. Lubrica, et al

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION BOARD (DARAB) of the DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR), REPRESENTED by DAR SECRETARY ROBERTO M. PAGDANGANAN, Petitioner, versus JOSEFINA S. LUBRICA, in her capacity as Assignee of the rights and interest of FEDERICO SUNTAY, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159145 | 2005-04-29

D E C I S I O N 


Tinga, J.: 

Before this Court is an appeal by certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, seeking the reversal of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 66710 granting herein respondent's petition for prohibition and its Resolution[2] denying herein petitioner's motion for reconsideration. 

This Court adopts the appellate court's narration of facts. 

On August 4, 2000, Federico Suntay, now deceased, filed a petition for fixing and payment of just compensation under Presidential Decree No. 27 against the Department of Agrarian Reform ("DAR"), the DAR Regional Director...