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Department of the Agrarian Reform etc. Vs. Polo Coconut Plantation Co. Inc. et al.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, represented by Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer STEPHEN M. LEONIDAS, Petitioner, versus POLO COCONUT PLANTATION CO., INC., FLORENCIA D. REMOLLO, NOLI C. ALCANTARA,[1] ZOSIMO BARBA, ROBERT B. BAJANA, EMETERIO V. TAG-AT, JUVENAL T. MENDEZ,[2] SHIELA R. REYES, JONITA M. CADALLO, PRISCO P. BACO, BENJAMIN C. DAYAP, ANTONIO DEDELES,[3] NARCISO D. DIAZ, JOVENIANO REYES,[4] RODOLFO C. SALVA, AVELINO C. BAJANA, PRAXEDES BAJANA, ALEJANDRO T. GIMOL, EMELINA B. SEDIGO[5] and HERMINIGILDO VILLAFLORES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 168787 | 2008-09-03

D E C I S I O N


CORONA, J.:

In the late 1990s, respondent Polo Coconut Plantation Co., Inc. (PCPCI) sought to convert 280 hectares of its Polo Coconut Plantation[7] (Polo estate) in Tanjay, Negros Oriental into a special economic zone (ecozone) under the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). On December 19, 1998, PEZA issued Resolution No. 98-320 favorably recommending the conversion of the Polo estate into an ecozone[8] subject to certain terms and conditions including the submission of "all government clearances, endorsements and documents required under Rule IV, Section 3 of the Rules and Regulations to Implement Republic Act...