, VS. SPOUSES AHMED AMPATUAN AND CERILA R. AMPATUAN.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing judgment is hereby rendered: 1) Ordering all respondents, or any person or entity acting for and in their behalf, to immediately cease and desist from cultivating the following landholding subject of the complaint: a) Lot No. 2088-E-1, Csd-12-006291 of an area of 72,964 square meters, more or less, registered in the name of Ahmed Ampatuan on March 19, 1997 under Original Certificate of Title No. 17170 (FP-126503-97-21447) and located at Allah, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat; b) Lot No. 2088-E-2, Csd-12-006291 of an area of 76,742 square meters, more or less, registered in the name of Ahmed K. Ampatuan on March 19, 1997 under Original Certificate of Title No. 17169 (FP-126503-97-21448) and located at Allah, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat. 2) Ordering same respondents, or any person acting for and in their stead, to peacefully vacate said landholding and surrender the same in favor of complainants, namely, Ahmed Ampatuan and Cerila Ampatuan, or their duly authorized representatives. [12] The Provincial Adjudicator found that until the property in issue was placed under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program's coverage, the Ampatuan Spouses remained the landowners and the Lamirez Spouses, et al. were their tenants. As such, while the payment of rentals was not in the Compromise Agreement, the Lamirez Spouses, et al., as tenants, were obligated to pay lease rentals to the Ampatuan Spouses. [13] The Lamirez Spouses, et al. appealed, but the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board Central Office, in its February 22, 2007 Decision, affirmed the Provincial Adjudicator's ruling. They moved for reconsideration, but their Motion was also denied. [14] Undaunted, the Lamirez Spouses, et al. filed a Petition for Certiorari, but even this was also denied by the Court of Appeals in a September 18, 2009 Decision. An Entry of Judgment dated February 4, 2010 certified that the September 18, 2009 Decision became final and executory on November 11, 2009. A Writ of Execution was issued by the Provincial Adjudicator on August 12, 2010. [15] On November 12, 2010, the Heirs of Salvador and Salvacion Lamirez, namely Martha, Jhony, and Javier; the Heirs of Alfonso and Florinda Esclada, namely Abelardo, Alfredo, Helen, Marilyn, Elizabeth, and Alfonso, Jr.; and the Heirs of Providencia and Rodrigo Llupar (collectively, the Heirs of the Lamirez Spouses, et al.) filed a Complaint for specific performance or damages, seeking the enforcement of the Compromise Agreement. In their Answer with Counterclaim, the Ampatuan Spouses raised the defense of res judicata . [16] On August 2, 2012, the Regional Trial Court issued a Resolution [17] dismissing the Complaint on the ground of res judicata . The subsequent Motion for Reconsideration was also denied in a December 14, 2012 Order. [18] Aggrieved, the Heirs of the Lamirez Spouses, et al. appealed [19] to the Court of Appeals. On January 15, 2016, the Court of Appeals rendered a Decision [20] affir