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Davao New Town Development Corporation vs Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems

DAVAO NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON THE SETTLEMENT OF LAND PROBLEMS (COSLAP), Public Respondent, ARIEL ONDE, EUGENE C. CAASI, BIENVENIDA C. PORTUGUESE, CRESENCIANO CHING, FLORA DIONGSON, ALEX DIONGSON, FERMIN CARAZO, ANA DELEBIOS, ROMY CARAZO, ANA DELEBIOS, ROMY BETONIO, FELIX DELEBIOS, REMEDIOS DEJOS, ROSINI CASTILLO, PABLO CALLA, FLORIANO LAWAN, ROMEO LUMANSOC, MERCEDITA PALBAN, FELICIDAD C. UGPAY, RUPERTO TOLEDO, DAVID BRILLANTES, GERARDO CANCERAN, SUSANA CARAZO, PABLITO WABINGA, CLAUDIO CANCERAN, FORTUNATA SORILLA, EXUPERIO PADILLA, ALBERT SORILLA, JEAN SORILLA, FORTUNE SORILLA, WILFREDO SEGOVIA, PROTACIO SEGOVIA, EDUARDO SEGOVIA, EDUARDO GABOTO, SERVANDO PADILLA, ALRINO CANCERAN, LARRY SABELEONA, ALICE C. LAGURA, IGNACIO PADILLA, LYSA CANCERAN, CRISTITUTO BAON, AGUSTINA BUNANI, LEANDRO ABINA, MARTINO PADILLA, FRANSISCO SANORA, MARILOU CANCERAN, AVELINO DURABAN, PRIMITIVA CANA, LILIA VELASQUEZ, CIPRIANO GABATO, NATIVIDAD CAUTIVER, ERNESTO GABATO, SPOUSES AGAPITO and ELENOR CAPAROSO, RUEL CAPAROSO, JOSUE A. LAYON, BRYAN CAPAROSO, and MARIA S. STA. CRUZ, Private Respondents.

G.R. No. 141523 | 2005-06-08

D E C I S I O N 


Tinga, J.: 

This is a special civil action for certiorari and prohibition with application for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction with temporary restraining order to annul the Resolution of public respondent Commission on Settlement of Land Problems (COSLAP) in COSLAP Case No. 98-343 and to restrain COSLAP from enforcing the same for lack of jurisdiction. 

Subject of the instant petition is a huge tract of land consisting of 131.2849 hectares situated at Sto. Niño, Tugbok, Davao City, which was a portion of a bigger landholding belonging to the late Roman Cuison, Jr. The latter mortgaged the...