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Patricia L. Tiongson, et al. Vs. National Housing Authority

PATRICIA L. TIONGSON, SPS. EDUARDO GO and PACITA GO, ROBERTO LAPERAL III, ELISA MANOTOK, MIGUEL A.B. SISON, ET AL., Petitioners, versus NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY,* Respondent.

G.R. No. 140377 | 2008-07-14

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

The present petition for review on certiorari raises the question of from what date should just compensation of the subject properties sought to be expropriated be reckoned - whether it is from the taking of the property or on the filing of the complaint.

Respondent National Housing Authority (NHA) took possession in 1978 of properties belonging to petitioners Patricia L. Tiongson, et al. pursuant to P.D. No. 1669, "An Act Providing for the Expropriation of the Property Known as the 'Tambunting Estate' Registered Under TCT Nos. 119059, 122450, 122459, 122452 And Lot Nos. 1-A, 1-C, 1-D, 1-E, 1-F,...