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Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) vs. CJH Development Corporation

BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PETITIONER VS. CJH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, CAP-JOHN HAY TRADE AND CULTURAL CENTER, INC., CAMP JOHN HAY GOLF CLUB, INC., CREATIVE ERA LIMITED, FRANCOR, INC., MAKATI FOUNDRY, INC., V.R. GONZALEZ CREDIT ENTERPRISES, INC., NORMAN R. AGOJO, RUBEN A. ALCOBER, MELINDA T. ALCOBER, AND RYAN JOSEPH T. ALCOBER, FE C. ANCHETA, SPOUSES ALEX I. AVECILLA AND IMELDA S. AVECILLA, ANTONIO F. CACAL, MARCIAL CAMPOS AND MAGDALENA CAMPOS, SARINA C. CARANDANG, ANGELINA T. CASTILLO, WILSON L.A. CHUA, LILIA A. CO, JUSTO J. DANGUILAN, NERISSA S. DE LEON, LUCIO T. DE MESA, SERGIO C. GATMAITAN, LUCILA V. JOSON, SPOUSES JESSE ANDREW JUSAYAN AND MA. LIRA D. JUSAYAN, SPOUSES ANTONIO ERNESTO F. LAGDAMEO AND MARIE RACHEL T. LAGDAMEO, EDGAR L. LAUANG, ANDRES F. MENDIA, JR., ANACLETO MOA, TERESITA S. NERY, PRISCILLA L. OLIVEROS, DANILO V. PASA, VIRGINIA B. PERALTA, WILLIAM L. PRESCILLAS, RAFAELA B. RAMOS, SPOUSES ANTONIO P. RETRATO AND CARMELITA E. RETRATO, NOEL R. RICAMATA, DANILO S. SANTOS, JOAQUIN ENRICO C. SANTOS, VALENTINA O. SIY, BERNADETTE ANG TESORO, SPOUSES AURELIO M. UMALI AND CZARINA D. UMALI, BENITO L. VALDEZ, MARGARITA M. VILLARANTE AND CHARINA N. RAMENTO, JESSE T. YOUNG, AND MICHELLE YU, RESPONDENTS. CJH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT AND BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 219421 and G.R. No. 241772 | 2024-04-03

D E C I S I O N
 
DIMAAMPAO, J.:
 
At the maelstrom of these consolidated Petitions are the actions of the Court of Appeals (CA) and the Commission on Audit (COA) in relation to the arbitration proceedings freely entered between the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) and CJH Development Corporation (CJH DevCo).

The precursor facts are undisputed.

G.R. No. 219421 is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] filed by the BCDA, which fulminates against the Decision[2] of the CA in CA-G.R. SP Nos. 140422 and 140490. The impugned Decision reversed the Order[3] of Branch 6 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of...