G.R. No. 168394 - AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES ASSOCIATION (ARBA), REPRESENTED BY JOSEPHINE B. OMICTIN, VS. LORETO G. NICOLAS AND OLIMPIO CRUZ.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered: Declaring the land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-162078 situated at Davao City and covered under Compulsory Coverage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program by the public respondent (DAR) as exempted; Declaring the coverage of the same under CARP as mandated pursuant to Republic Act No. 6657 void ab initio ; Ordering the Register of Deeds of Davao City to cancel the TCT No. CL-143 issued to private respondents Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association (ARBA) and Farmers Association of Davao-KMPI, et al. , and reinstate the title in favor of the petitioners; Ordering the ARBA and Farmers Association of Davao-KMPI to choose and exercise the compensation package offered by the petitioners within five (5) days from the receipt of the decision thereof; Ordering the persons acting for and in behalf of the individual ARBA and/or cooperative to voluntarily desist and vacate possession in the land mentioned under paragraph one, two and three (1, 2 and 3) hereof; Counter-claim is hereby denied for lack of merit; and No pronouncement as to cost. SO ORDERED.