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Department of Agrarian Reform vs. Republic of the Philippines.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, represented by SECRETARY ROBERTO M. PAGDANGANAN, Petitioner, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 160560 | 2005-07-29

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CALLEJO, SR., J.: 

This is a petition for review of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 62136 reversing the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Balayan, Batangas, in LRC Case No. P-1079. The RTC granted the petition of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for the reconstitution of Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. T-13352 under the name of Ceferino Ascue, married to Felisa Ramos. 

On September 4, 1996, the DAR filed a petition with the RTC of Batangas for the reconstitution of the original copy of TCT No. T-13352 covering a 539,849-square meter...