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Department of Education vs. Casibang etc.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGIONAL DIRECTOR, PETITIONER, VS. DELFINA C. CASIBANG, ANGELINA C. CANAPI, ERLINDA C. BAJAN, LORNA G. GUMABAY, DION1SIA C. ALONZO, MARIA C. BANGAYAN AND DIGNA C. BINAYUG, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 192268 | 2016-01-27

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
For resolution of this Court is the Petition for Review on Certiorari, dated June 18, 2010, of petitioner Department of Education (DepEd), represented by its Regional Director seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision[1] dated April 29, 2010 of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming the Decision[2] dated January 10, 2008 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Branch 5, declaring the respondents the owners of property in controversy and ordering the DepFd to pay the value of the property.

The antecedents follow:

The property in controversy is a seven thousand five hundred...