G.R. No. 212786 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (DPWH), VS. ESTRELLA R. DECENA, MARIETA DECENA BRAZIL, NOLAND D. BRAZIL, HEIRS OF EDITA R. DECENA, AS REPRESENTED BY VIRGILIO C. BRAZIL, SR..DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing existing rule, an ORDER OF CONDEMNATION is hereby issued declaring that the plaintiff, Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Department of Public Works and Highways, has a lawful right to take the subject parcels of land more specifically covered by Transfer Certificate of Title Nos. RT-127975 (352132), 004-201000207, N-310774, 004-RT2010010365 (352129) and RT-128458 (352131) registered in the names of the above-named defendants at the Registry of Deeds for Quezon City for public use or purpose as stated in the Complaints, upon payment of just compensation. Accordingly, aside from the recommendation of the defendants through a private evaluator or assessor, in order to reasonably ascertain the just compensation, a Board of Commissioners is hereby created and the following disinterested persons are hereby appointed as members, to wit: (1) the Branch Clerk of Court of this Court, (2) the Quezon City Assessor or his authorized representative, and (3) the Quezon City Treasurer or his authorized representative. SO ORDERED.