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PNOC-EDC vs. Veneracion Jr., 509 SCRA 93

PNOC-ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PNOC-EDC), Petitioner, versus EMILIANO G. VENERACION, JR., Respondent.

G.R. No. 129820 | 2006-11-30

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari, under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the Order, dated 21 May 1997 issued by the Mines Adjudication Board (MAB) of the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR),[1] declaring that the respondent Emiliano Veneracion has a preferential right over the contested Block 159. 
 
This case involves the conflicting claims of the petitioner Philippine National Oil Corporation-Energy Development Corporation and the respondent over the mining rights over Block 159 of the Malangas...