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FIRST DIVISION

G.R. No. L-65334 : December 19, 1986

MUNICIPALITY OF ANTIPOLO, Petitioner, vs. AQUILINA ZAPANTA, ISIDRO DELA CRUZ, ELIAS DELA CRUZ, MARIA DELA CRUZ, MODESTA LEYVA, FERMIN LEYVA, SUSANA LEYVA, MARCIAL LEYVA, FELISA LEYVA, ISIDORA LEYVA, HONORIO LEYVA, CONCORDIA GALICIA, APOLONIA AVENDA;O, AMPARO AVENDA;O, FIDELA SARTE, BEATRIZ SARTE, VICTORIO SARTE, VIRGINIA SARTE, JULIANA SARTE, RODOLFO SARTE, BENITA SARTE, ANTONINA SUAREZ, DANIEL SUAREZ, BEATA SUAREZ, ENRIQUE AVENDA;O, PAULINO AVENDA;O, SAMSON LAVILLA, SR., AURELIA LAPAR, VIRGILIO HILARIO, NATIVIDAD MARQUEZ, LUISITO LOPEZ, REMEDIOS LOPEZ, ROMEO LOPEZ, NATIVIDAD LOPEZ and the HONORABLE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, Respondents.

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Acting on the Motion for Clarification of paragraph (3) of the Decision of December 26, 1984, filed by petitioner Municipality of Antipolo on September 16, 1986, the Opposition thereto filed by private respondent Aurelia L. Lavilla, the Comment of the Solicitor General, and the Rejoinder thereto by the same private respondent, the Court RESOLVED, inasmuch as what is involved is a mere clerical error, to CORRECT paragraph (3) of the dispositive portion of its Decision of December 26, 1984, to read Heirs of Joaquin Avenda;o instead of Heirs of Isabela Avendano as follows:

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered as follows:

(1) The Resolutions of respondent Court, now the Intermediate Appellate Court, dated August 23, 1983 and September 27, 1983, are hereby set aside, with this Court acting directly on the appeal of the Municipality of Antipolo from the judgment rendered by the then Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XIII, in its Civil Case No. 41353;

(2) The aforesaid judgment of the then Court of First Instance of Rizal Branch XIII, in Civil Case No. 41353 is set aside; and, instead, the judgment and decree rendered by the then Court of First Instance of Rizal Branch XV, in Land Registration Case No. N-9995, LRC Rec. No. 52176, is hereby declared null and void in respect of the "Heirs of Joaquin Avenda;o;"

(3) The Register of Deeds of Rizal is hereby ordered to cancel all certificates of title issued/transferred by virtue of the said judgment and decree issued in the mentioned Land Registration Case No. N-9995, LRC Rec. No. N-52176 in respect of the "Heirs of Joaquin Avenda;o; (Emphasis supplied)

(4) The certificate of title issued in the name of Conrado Eniceo, and transfers therefrom, by virtue of the judgment and decree in the mentioned Land Registration Case No. N-9995, LRC Rec. No. N-52176, for practical purposes shall continue to be valid.

Without pronouncement as to costs.

SO ORDERED.

SO ORDERED.