G.R. No. 232169 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, VS. CASIMIRO* TAMPARONG, JR.. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, x x x [the Republic] is hereby directed/ordered to pay [Tamparong] the just compensation of [PHP] 3,500.00 [per square] meter multiplied by [the] 7.555 [square] meter lot subject to the provisions of the Court Order dated December 18, 2008 wherein [the Republic] had already paid the amount of [PHP] 9,443,750.00 as provisional deposit. The payment shall involve the amount fixed in the judgment and shall include legal interest from the taking of possession of the property until payment is made ([Section] 10[,] Rule 67, Rules of Court; Benguet Consolidated vs. Republic [,] [G.R. No.] 712412[,] August 15, 1986[,] 43 SCRA 467)[.] SO ORDERED.