NAMELY: PACITA PIDACAN VDA. DE ZUBIRI (DECEASED), SURVIVED BY JOSE BELLO BATINA, VICKY BELLO BATINA, ROBERTO BELLO BATINA, VILMA BELLO BATINA, AND FRANCISCO N. BATINA; AND ADELA PIDACAN VDA. DE ROBLES, VS. AIR TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (ATO), REPRESENTED BY ITS ACTING DIRECTOR BIENVENIDO MANGA.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, judgment is hereby rendered: Expropriating the actual area occupied by the defendant Air Transportation Office of the plaintiff's property covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-7160, totaling Two Hundred Fifteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Seven (215,737) square meters, in favor of defendant; Ordering defendant Air Transportation Office to pay plaintiffs the amount of Three Hundred Four ((P304.00) Pesos per square meter for the area herein expropriated which totals to Sixty Five Million Five Hundred Eight (sic) Four Thousand Forty Eight (P65,584,048.00) Pesos with interest thereon at the rate of 12% per annum from February 1, 2001, until the same is fully paid. Ordering defendant Air Transportation Office to pay plaintiffs monthly rentals for the use and occupation of the subject property cited in item No. 1 above, computed as follows: a) Three Thousand Fifty Eight Pesos and Forty Centavos (P3,058.40) from 1957 to 1977; b) Four Thousand Twenty Two Pesos and Sixty five Centavos (P4,022.60) from 1978 to 1979; c) Six Thousand Thirty Four Pesos and Fifty Centavos (P6,034.50) from 1980 to 1984; d) Nine Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Nine Pesos and Sixty Centavos (P9,699.60) from 1985 to 1991; e) Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred thirteen Pesos and Sixty Centavos (P17,913.60) from 1992 to 1994; f) Thirty Seven Thousand One Hundred Eighty One Pesos and Eighty Centavos (P37,181.80) from 1995 to 1997; g) Fifty Four Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Eight Pesos and Sixty Centavos (P54,658.60) from 1998 to January 31, 2001; or a total monthly rentals, from January 1, 1957 to January 31, 2001, of Six Million Two hundred Forty Nine Thousand Six Hundred Forty Five Pesos and Forty Centavos (P6,249,645.40) with interest thereon at the rate of 12% per annum, until the same is fully paid; Ordering defendant Air Transportation Office to pay plaintiffs ten (10%) per cent of the amount involved as and for attorney's fees and expenses of litigation; and Ordering defendant Air Transportation Office to pay the costs of suit. SO ORDERED.