G.R. No. 156345 - PAULINA DIAZ, GODELITO LAPINID, ELECITO LAPINID, VIOLETA ZAMORA, ANASTACIA LAPINID, EVELYN LAPINID, MARIVEL LAPINID AND CARIN LAPINID, ADMINISTRATOR, VS. CARLOS MESIAS, JR.. DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, by reason of all the foregoing, the decision of the Honorable Prospero I. Rapada, dated October 27, 1997, is hereby SET ASIDE and new decision is hereby issued: Declaring petitioner Carlos Mesias, Jr. as the tenant de jure of the named respondents in the subject farmlot; Ordering the respondents and/or the administrator of said land to maintain petitioner in the peaceful possession and cultivation of subject farmlot; Ordering the petitioner to withdraw the money deposited with the Land Bank of the Philippines, Ormoc City representing the lease rentals payable to the respondents for the crop years 1996 and 1997 and update payment of other rentals due and demandable; Ordering the respondents to grant petitioner a homelot with an area of not more than 3% of the total area of the tenanted ricefarm but not more than 1,000 square meters during the existence of the tenancy relations between the parties; Enjoining the parties to execute a written leasehold contract agreement pursuant to law; Ordering the Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer of Ormoc City to assist the parties in the proper determination of the terms and conditions of the contract pursuant to law and the customs and practices of the locality; Ordering the same MARO to render a report within 15 days upon receipt of this order as to its implementation to DARAB Appellate Board copy furnished DARAB Secretariat. SO ORDERED.