Supreme Court upholds CA ruling on Roxas land exemption from CARP By Benjamin B. Pulta 09/18/2011

Supreme Court upholds CA ruling on Roxas land exemption from CARP

By Benjamin B. Pulta 09/18/2011

A ruling by the Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the exemption of 27 parcels of land from the government’s agrarian reform program after they were converted into residential areas by the owners.

In its decision, the tribunal’s First Division Associate Justice Mariano Del Castillo denied the petition filed by farmers questioning the decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in favor of Roxas & Co. Inc.

The farmers had filed the petition for review before the SC challenging a decision dated April 29, 2005 of the Court of Appeals (CA). The CA order had dismissed the petition for certiorari which assailed the Department of Agrarian Reform’s granting Roxas & Co. Inc.’s Application for Exemption from the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program’s (CARP) coverage..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110918nat1.html