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Barangay Tongonan vs. Hon. Buaya

BARANGAY TONGONAN, ORMOC CITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUNONG BARANGAY, ISAGANI R. BAÑEZ, PETITIONER, V. HON. APOLINARIO M. BUAYA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 35, ORMOC CITY, CITY GOVERNMENT OF ORMOC, REPRESENTED BY ITS MAYOR, HONORABLE ERIC C. CODILLA, THE MUNICIPALITY OF KANANGA, LEYTE, REPRESENTED BY ITS MAYOR, HONORABLE GIOVANNI M. NAPARI, AND PHILIPPINE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP.[*] (PNOC-EDC), REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT MR. PAUL AQUINO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 204183 | 2018-06-20

D E C I S I O N
 
TIJAM, J.:
 
Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court are the Resolution[2] dated November 24, 2011 and Resolution[3] dated September 27, 2012 of the Court of Appeals (CA), Cebu City in CA-G.R. CEB SP No. 02691 which dismissed petitioner's Amended Petition for Declaration of Nullity and/or Annulment of Court Order and Amicable Settlement due to a defective Verification and Certification Against Non-forum Shopping.
 
The Antecedents
 
The instant petition has as its factual background a boundary dispute between respondents Ormoc City and...