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MANUEL LUIS S. SANCHEZ, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, RESPONDENT.

MANUEL LUIS S. SANCHEZ, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 172885 | 2009-10-09

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
ABAD, J.:
 
This petition for review on certiorari assails the February 21, 2006 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV 83648 and its Resolution[2] of May 29, 2006, which dismissed the petitioner's appeal from the decision of Branch 71 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City in Civil Case 66852.

The Facts and the Case

In 1980, during the regime of President Ferdinand E. Marcos, the government-owned Human Settlements Development Corporation (HSDC) built with public funds and on government land the St. Martin Technical Institute Complex at Barangay Ugong,...