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Heirs fo Luis A. Luna, et al. Vs. Ruben S. Afable, et al.

HEIRS OF LUIS A. LUNA and REMEGIO A. LUNA, and LUZ LUNA-SANTOS, as represented by their Attorney-in-fact, AUREA B. LUBIS, Petitioners,<br /> vs.<br /> RUBEN S. AFABLE, TOMAS M. AFABLE, FLORANTE A. EVANGELISTA, LEOVY S. EVANGELISTA, JAIME M. ILAGAN ET, AL., Respondents.

G.R. No. 188299 | 2013-01-23




SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


PEREZ, J.:

The power of local government units to convert or reclassify lands from agricultural to non-agricultural prior to the passage of Republic Act (RA) No. 6657 - the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) - is not subject to the approv3l of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).1 In this sense, the authority of local government units to reclassify land before 15 June 1988 - the date of effectivity of the CARL - may be said to be absolute.

Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari seeking to reverse and set aside the 13 March 2009 Decision2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No....