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SPOUSES NILO AND ERLINDA MERCADO, PETITIONERS, VS. LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

SPOUSES NILO AND ERLINDA MERCADO, PETITIONERS, VS. LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 196707 | 2015-06-17

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

In eminent domain, the determination of just compensation is principally a judicial function of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) acting as a Special Agrarian Court (SAC). In the exercise of such judicial function, however, the RTC must consider both Section 17 of Republic Act No. 6657 (RA 6657 or Comprehensive Land Reform Law of 1988) and the valuation formula under applicable Administrative Order (A.O.) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).[1]
 
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