G.R. No. 160033 - TAGAYTAY REALTY CO., INC., VS. ARTURO G. GACUTAN.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, respondents are hereby ordered to accept the payment of the balance of the contract price in the amount of Eight Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Seven and 80/100 Pesos (P8,587.80) without regular and penalty interest and, thereafter, to execute and deliver to complainant the absolute deed of sale covering the sale of property subj,ct of this complaint, together with the valid title over the said lot. [14] The petitioner appealed, but the HLURB Board of Commissioners affirmed the ruling of the HLURB Arbiter on July 14, 1997. [15] Upon the denial of its motion for reconsideration, the petitioner appealed to the OP. [16] On December 6, 2001, the OP upheld the decision of the HLURB Board of Commissioners. [17] The OP later denied the petitioner's motion for reconsideration. [18] On appeal, the CA affirmed the OP through the assailed decision promulgated on May 29, 2003, [19] disposing: WHEREFORE , premises considered and finding no reversible error in the challenged Decision and Order dated December 6, 2001, and July 1, 2002, respectively, of the Office of the President in OP Case No. 98-C-8261 said Decision and Order are AFFIRMED and UPHELD , and the petition is DISMISSED for lack of merit. SO ORDERED.