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Holy Trinity Realty & Development Corp. vs Dela Cruz

HOLY TRINITY REALTY & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. VICTORIO DELA CRUZ, LORENZO MANALAYSAY, RICARDO MARCELO, JR. AND LEONCIO DE GUZMAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 200454 | 2014-10-22

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

Land on which no agricultural activity is being conducted is not subject to the coverage of either Presidential Decree No. 27 or Republic Act No. 6657 (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law).

The Case
 
The petitioner appeals the decision promulgated on July 27, 2011,1 whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) reversed the decision issued by the Office of the President (OP) on March 1, 2010,2 and reinstated the order of the OIC-Regional Director of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Regional Office III rendered on August 18, 2006.3

Antecedents
 
Subject of the controversy is a parcel of land...