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Semirara Coal Corporation vs. Hgl Development Corporation, et al.

SEMIRARA COAL CORPORATION (now SEMIRARA MINING CORPORATION), Petitioner, versus HGL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and HON. ANTONIO BANTOLO, Presiding Judge, Branch 13, Regional Trial Court, 6th Judicial Region, Culasi, Antique, Respondents.

G.R. No. 166854 | 2006-12-06

THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION 
 
QUISUMBING, J.: 
 
Before us is a petition for review on certiorari assailing the Decision[1] dated January 31, 2005, of the Court of Appeals in CA G.R. CEB SP No. 00035 which affirmed the Resolution[2] dated September 16, 2004 of the Regional Trial Court of Culasi, Antique, Branch 13. 
 
The facts are as follows: 
 
Petitioner Semirara Mining Corporation is a grantee by the Department of Energy (DOE) of a Coal Operating Contract under Presidential Decree No. 972[3] over the entire Island of Semirara, Antique, which contains an area of 5,500 hectares more or less. [4] 
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