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RP etc. vs. C. Lacap etc

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, COMMISSION ON AUDIT and THE NATIONAL TREASURER, Petitioner, versus CARLITO LACAP, doing business under the name and style CARWIN CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY, Respondent.

G.R. No. 158253 | 2007-03-02

D E C I S I O N
 


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court assailing the Decision[1] dated April 28, 2003 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 56345 which affirmed with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, San Fernando, Pampanga (RTC) in Civil Case No. 10538, granting the complaint for Specific Performance and Damages filed by Carlito Lacap (respondent) against the Republic of the Philippines (petitioner).

The factual background of the case is as follows:

The District Engineer of Pampanga issued and duly published an...