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[5/5] Estate of the Late Encarnacion Vda De Panlilio etc. vs. Gonzalo Dizon, et al

[5/5] ESTATE OF THE LATE ENCARNACION VDA. DE PANLILIO, represented by GEORGE LIZARES, Petitioner, versus GONZALO DIZON, RICARDO GUINTU, ROGELIO MUNOZ, ELISEO GUINTU, ROBERTO DIZON, EDILBERTO CATU, HERMINIGILDO FLORES, CIPRIANO DIZON, JUANARIO MANIAGO, GORGONIO CANLAS, ANTONIO LISING, CARLOS PINEDA, RENATO GOZUN, ALFREDO MERCADO, BIENVENIDO MACHADA, and the REGIONAL DIRECTOR of the DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, REGION III, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148777 | 2007-10-18

Sixth Issue: Subsequent transfers valid only
to qualified farmer-beneficiaries

Petitioner Lizares asseverates that ownership of lands granted to tenant-farmers under PD 27 may not be transferred or conveyed to third parties except by hereditary succession or to the Government. He contends that the CA committed grave abuse of discretion in declaring the sale of the land by private respondents Gonzalo Dizon, et al. to third persons valid. The CA ratiocinated that EO 228 was enacted after PD 27 and since EO 228 is a later law, it will prevail over PD 27. Thus, the ownership of the lot may now be transferred to persons other than the heirs of...