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accordingly annulled various RTC orders. In CA-G.R. SP No. 60314, PPA, as petitioner therein, questioned the actions taken by the trial court in connection with its First Compensation Order [4] dated July 10, 2000 , fixing the just compensation at PhP 5,500 per square meter, more specifically (1) the July 24, 2000 order granting the motion to execute pending appeal the said July 10, 2000 order and (2) the July 31, 2000 order issuing the writ and various notices of garnishment. PPA likewise sought to annul the Orders that emanated from the Notice of Appeal filed by PPA from the First Compensation Order. These orders are the August 25, 2000 Order denying PPA's Notice of Appeal with Motion for Extension to pay appellate docket fees and file a record on appeal, the August 28, 2000 Order denying PPA's record on appeal, and the September 18, 2000 Order denying PPA's Motion for Reconsideration. In the certiorari and mandamus proceedings in CA-G.R. SP No. 63576, PPA sought to annul the RTC's August 18, 2000 Order, which implemented the Second Compensation Order [5] dated August 15, 2000 also pegging the just compensation at PhP 5,500 per square meter, and several related issuances that followed including an Order of December 13, 2000 denying PPA's record on appeal. In the third petition ( G.R. No. 158252 ), PPA assails the May 16, 2003 Decision [6] of the CA in CA-G.R. SP No. 73848 entitled PPA v. Hon. Paterno Tac-an, Remedios Rosales-Bondoc, et al . which dismissed PPA's petition for certiorari to annul these RTC orders, to wit: the July 12, 2002 RTC Order for the release to lot owners Remedios Rosales-Bondoc, et al. of the deposit equivalent to 100% of the zonal valuation of the expropriated lots based on Republic Act No. (RA) 8974, the July 29, 2000 Order denying PPA's Omnibus Motion to Withdraw the June 27, 2002 Manifestation, and the September 5, 2002 Order denying PPA's Motion for Reconsideration. In the fourth petition ( G.R. No. 166200 ), PPA likewise impugns, as having been issued in grave abuse of discretion, the November 22, 2004 CA Decision [7] in CA-G.R. SP No. 83570 entitled PPA v. Hon. Paterno Tac-an, Felipa Acosta, et al . The CA affirmed the RTC orders dated December 2, 2003, December 18, 2003, February 13, 2004, March 24, 2004, and April 12, 2004 and the Supplemental Order dated April 15, 2004 relating to the initial payment of the zonal value of the lots pursuant to RA 8974 at PhP 4,250 per square meter to lot owners Felipa Acosta, et al. In the fifth petition ( G.R. No. 168272 ), petitioners Rosalinda Buenafe and Melencio Castillo seek a review of the March 31, 2005 Decision [8] and May 26, 2005 Resolution [9] of the CA in CA-G.R. SP No. 82917 entitled PPA v. Hon. Paterno V. Tac-an, Rosalinda Buenafe, et al . which nullified the November 6, 2003 RTC Order [10] granting the writ of execution in favor of landowners Rosalinda Buenafe and Melencio on the basis of the September 29, 2000 writ of execution earlier issued by the trial court.