December 2009 - Philippine Supreme Court Decisions/Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence
G.R. No. 149548, G.R. No. 167505, G.R. No. 167540, G.R. No. 167543, G.R. No. 167845, G.R. No. 169163 and G.R. No. 179650 - ROXAS and COMPANY, INC. v. DAMBA-NFSW AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM/DAMAYAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWANG BUKID SA ASYENDA ROXAS-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SUGAR WORKERS (DAMBA-NFSW) v. SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, ROXAS & CO., INC. (KAMAHARI), REP. BY ITS PRESIDENT CARLITO CAISIP, AND DAMAYAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWANG BUKID AS ASYEDA ROXAS-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SUGAR WORKERS (DAMBA-NFSW), REPRESENTED BY LAURO MARTIN/DEPARTMENT OF LAND REFORM, FORMERLY DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR) v. ROXAS & CO., INC./ROXAS & CO., INC. v. DAMBA-NFSW/DAMBANFSW), REPRESENTED BY LAURO MARTIN v. ROXAS & CO., INC./DAMBA-NFSW v. ROXAS & CO. INC.
EN BANC
[G.R. NO. 149548 : December 4, 2009]
ROXAS & COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. DAMBA-NFSW and the DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM,* Respondents.
[G.R. NO. 167505 : December 4, 2009]
DAMAYAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWANG BUKID SA ASYENDA ROXAS-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SUGAR WORKERS (DAMBA-NFSW) Petitioner, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPT. OF AGRARIAN REFORM, ROXAS & Co., INC. AND/OR ATTY. MARIANO AMPIL, Respondents.
[G.R. NO. 167540 : December 4, 2009]
KATIPUNAN NG MGA MAGBUBUKID SA HACIENDA ROXAS, INC. (KAMAHARI), rep. by its President CARLITO CAISIP, and DAMAYAN NG MANGGAGAWANG BUKID SA ASYENDA ROXAS-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SUGAR WORKERS (DAMBA-NFSW), represnted by LAURO MARTIN, Petitioners, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPT. OF AGRARIAN REFORM, ROXAS & Co., INC., Respondents.
[G.R. NO. 167543 : December 4, 2009]
DEPARTMENT OF LAND REFORM, FORMERLY DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR), Petitioner, v. ROXAS & CO, INC., Respondent.
[G.R. NO. 167845 : December 4, 2009]
ROXAS & CO., INC., Petitioner, v. DAMBA-NFSW, Respondent.
[G.R. NO. 169163 : December 4, 2009]
DAMBA-NFSW REPRESENTED BY LAURO V. MARTIN, Petitioner, v. ROXAS & CO., INC., Respondent.
[G.R. NO. 179650 : December 4, 2009]
DAMBA-NFSW, Petitioner, v. ROXAS & CO., INC., Respondent.
D E C I S I O N
CARPIO MORALES, J.
The main subject of the seven consolidated petitions is the application of petitioner Roxas & Co., Inc. (Roxas & Co.) for conversion from agricultural to non-agricultural use of its three haciendas located in Nasugbu, Batangas containing a total area of almost 3,000 hectares. The facts are not new, the Court having earlier resolved intimately-related issues dealing with these haciendas. Thus, in the 1999 case of Roxas & Co., Inc. v. Court of Appeals,1 the Court presented the facts as follows:
. . . Roxas & Co. is a domestic corporation and is the registered owner of three haciendas, namely, Haciendas Palico, Banilad and Caylaway, all located in the Municipality of Nasugbu, Batangas. Hacienda Palico is 1,024 hectares in area and is registered under Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 985. This land is covered by Tax Declaration Nos. 0465, 0466, 0468, 0470, 0234 and 0354. Hacienda Banilad is 1,050 hectares in area, registered under TCT No. 924 and covered by Tax Declaration Nos. 0236, 0237 and 0390. Hacienda Caylaway is 867.4571 hectares in area and is registered under TCT Nos. T-44662, T-44663, T-44664 and T-44665.
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