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Militante vs. Court of Appeals [Decision]

PILO MILITANTE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, FORMER SIXTH DIVISION, NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS PROJECT MANAGER, ANNABELLE D. CARANGDANG, AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 107040 | 2000-04-12

D E C I S I O N
 
PUNO, J.:
 
Petitioner files this petition for review of the Decision and Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 25429[1] upholding the constitutionality of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1315.

Petitioner Pilo Militante is the registered owner of three (3) contiguous parcels of land with an aggregate area of 1,590 square meters in Balintawak, Caloocan City. The three parcels are covered by TCT Nos. 53066-A, 53067 and 53068, all derived from TCT No. 71357 issued by the Register of Deeds of Caloocan City. Twenty-four (24) squatter families live in these lots.

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