Land Bank of the Philippines v · G.R. 190004

Petitioner: Land Bank of the Philippines
Respondent: Eugenio Dalauta
Citation: G.R. No. 190004
Court: Supreme Court En Banc
Division: En Banc
Ponente: Mendoza, J.
Decided: August 8, 2017

Summary

This landmark Supreme Court En Banc decision resolved the jurisdictional conflict between administrative agencies and Special Agrarian Courts in determining just compensation for lands acquired under CARP. The Court definitively ruled that determination of just compensation is essentially a judicial function that cannot be vested in administrative agencies, abandoning previous rulings that required filing petitions within 15 days of PARAD decisions. The case established that SACs have original and exclusive jurisdiction, not merely appellate jurisdiction over DAR decisions. The Court set a 10-year prescriptive period from time of taking for filing just compensation petitions and remanded for proper valuation using guidelines specific to commercial tree lands. This decision significantly strengthened landowners' constitutional rights to just compensation and clarified the proper judicial process for agrarian reform cases.

Statutes applied

Civil Code, Art. 1144

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By the Intellegal Editorial Board · August 8, 2017

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