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Alvarez vs. PICOP Resources [DECISION]

HON. HEHERSON ALVAREZ substituted by HON. ELISEA G. GOZUN, in her capacity as Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Petitioner, versus PICOP RESOURCES, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 162243 | 2006-11-29

D E C I S I O N
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:
 
On the line are three consolidated Petitions, all arising from the 11 October 2002 Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Decision[1] granting the Petition for Mandamus filed by Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines (PICOP). The Court of Appeals affirmed the 11 October 2002 RTC Decision, with modification, in a 19 February 2004 Decision.[2]

In G.R. No. 162243, then Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez, who was later successively substituted by subsequent DENR Secretaries Elisea G. Gozun and Angelo T. Reyes, assails the 19 February...