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Estate of the late De Panlilio vs. Dizon etc.

ESTATE OF THE LATE ENCARNACION VDA. DE PANLILIO, REPRESENTED BY GEORGE LIZARES, PETITIONER, VS. GONZALO DIZON, RICARDO GUINTU, ROGELIO MUNOZ, ELISEO GUINTU, ROBERTO DIZON, EDILBERTO CATU, HERMINIGILDO FLORES, CIPRIANO DIZON, JUANARIO MANIAGO, GORGONIO CANLAS, ANTONIO LISING, CARLOS PINEDA, RENATO GOZUN, ALFREDO MERCADO, BIENVENIDO MACHADA, AND THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, REGION III, RESPONDENTS. G.R. NO. 157598 REYNALDO VILLANUEVA, CENON GUINTO, CELESTINO DIZON, CARMELITA VDA. DE DAVID, FORTUNATO TIMBANG, OSCAR SANTIAGO, CELESTINO ESGUERRA, ANTONIO DIZON, AND TEODULO DIZON, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS AND GEORGE LIZARES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 148777 | 2007-10-18

D E C I S I O N
 
VELASCO, JR., J.:
 
Did the owner of two (2) lots by a subsequent affidavit validly and legally revoke the first affidavit voluntarily surrendering said lots for land acquisition under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law? The answer will determine the rights of the parties in the instant petitions––the heirs of the lot owner vis-à-vis the tenants declared to be beneficiaries of the Operation Land Transfer (OLT) under Presidential Decree No. (PD) 27.[1]
 
The Case

Before us are two petitions. The first is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[2] under Rule 45 docketed as G.R. No. 148777,...