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    FIRST DIVISION

    [G.R. No. 112526. October 12, 2001]

    STA. ROSA REALTY DEVELOPMENT

    CORPORATION,petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JUAN B.

    AMANTE, FRANCISCO L. ANDAL, LUCIA ANDAL, ANDREA P.

    AYENDE, LETICIA P. BALAT, FILOMENA B. BATINO, ANICETO

    A. BURGOS, JAIME A. BURGOS, FLORENCIA CANUBAS,

    LORETO A. CANUBAS, MAXIMO A. CANUBAS, REYNALDO

    CARINGAL, QUIRINO C. CASALME, BENIGNO A. CRUZAT,

    ELINO A. CRUZAT, GREGORIO F. CRUZAT, RUFINO C.

    CRUZAT, SERGIO CRUZAT, SEVERINO F. CRUZAT, VICTORIA

    DE SAGUN, SEVERINO DE SAGUN, FELICISIMO A. GONZALES,

    FRANCISCO A. GONZALES, GREGORIO GONZALES,

    LEODEGARIO N. GONZALES, PASCUAL P. GONZALES,

    ROLANDO A. GONZALES, FRANCISCO A. JUANGCO,

    GERVACIO A. JUANGCO, LOURDES U. LUNA, ANSELMO M.

    MANDANAS, CRISANTO MANDANAS, EMILIO M. MANDANAS,

    GREGORIO A. MANDANAS, MARIO G. MANDANAS, TEODORO

    MANDANAS, CONSTANCIO B. MARQUEZ, EUGENIO B.

    MARQUEZ, ARMANDO P. MATIENZO, DANIEL D. MATIENZO,

    MAXIMINO MATIENZO, PACENCIA P. MATIENZO, DOROTEA

    L. PANGANIBAN, JUANITO T. PEREZ, MARIANITO T. PEREZ,

    SEVERO M. PEREZ, INOCENCIA S. PASQUIZA, BIENVENIDO F.

    PETATE, IGNACIO F. PETATE, JUANITO PETATE, PABLO A.

    PLATON, PRECILLO V. PLATON, AQUILINO B. SUBOL,

    CASIANO T. VILLA, DOMINGO VILLA, JUAN T. VILLA, MARIO

    C. VILLA, NATIVIDAD A. VILLA, JACINTA S. ALVARADO,

    RODOLFO ANGELES, DOMINGO A. CANUBAS, EDGARDO L.

    CASALME, QUIRINO DE LEON, LEONILO M. ENRIQUEZ,

    CLAUDIA P. GONZALES, FELISA R. LANGUE, QUINTILLANO

    LANGUE, REYNALDO LANGUE, ROMEO S. LANGUE,

    BONIFACIO VILLA, ROGELIO AYENDE, ANTONIO B.

    FERNANDEZ, ZACARIAS HERRERA, ZACARIAS HERRERA,

    REYNARIO U. LAZO, AGAPITO MATIENZO, DIONISIO F.

    PETATE, LITO G. REYES, JOSE M. SUBOL, CELESTINO G. TOPI

    NO, ROSA C. AMANTE, SOTERA CASALME, REMIGIO M.

    SILVERIO, THE SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORM,

    DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION

    BOARD, LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, REGISTER OF

    DEEDS OF LAGUNA, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND

    NATURAL RESOURCES REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    FOR REGION IV, and REGIONAL AGRARIAN REFORM

    OFFICER FOR REGION IV, respondents.

    D E C I S I O N

    PARDO,J.:

    The casebefore the Court is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision

    of the Court of Appeals[1]affirming the decision of the Department of Agrarian

    Reform Adjudication Board[2](hereafter DARAB) ordering the compulsory

    acquisition of petitioners property under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform

    Program (CARP).

    Petitioner Sta. Rosa Realty Development Corporation (hereafter, SRRDC) was

    the registered owner of two parcels of land, situated at Barangay Casile, Cabuyao,

    Laguna covered by TCT Nos. 81949 and 84891, with a total area of 254.6

    hectares. According to petitioner, the parcels of land are watersheds, which provide

    clean potable water to the Canlubang community, and that ninety (90) light

    industries are now located in the area. [3]

    Petitioner alleged that respondents usurped its rights over the property, thereby

    destroying the ecosystem. Sometime in December 1985, respondents filed a civil

    case[4] with the Regional Trial Court, Laguna, seeking an easement of a right of way

    to and from Barangay Casile. By way of counterclaim, however, petitioner sought

    the ejectment of private respondents.

    In October 1986 to August 1987, petitioner filed with the Municipal Trial

    Court, Cabuyao, Laguna separate complaints for forcible entry against respondents.[5]

    After the filing of the ejectment cases, respondents petitioned the Department

    of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for the compulsory acquisition of the SRRDC property

    under the CARP.

    On August 11, 1989, the Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer (MARO) of

    Cabuyao, Laguna issued a notice of coverage to petitioner and invited its officials or

    representatives to a conference on August 18, 1989.[6]During the meeting, the

    following were present: representatives of petitioner, the Land Bank of the

    Philippines, PARCCOM, PARO of Laguna, MARO of Laguna, the BARC Chairman

    of Barangay Casile and some potential farmer beneficiaries, who are residents of

    Barangay Casile, Cabuyao, Laguna. It was the consensus and recommendation of

    the assembly that the landholding of SRRDC be placed under compulsory

    acquisition.

    On August 17, 1989, petitioner filed with the Municipal Agrarian Reform

    Office (MARO), Cabuyao, Laguna a Protest and Objection to the compulsory

    acquisition of the property on the ground that the area was not appropriate for

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    agricultural purposes. The area was rugged in terrain with slopes of 18% and above

    and that the occupants of the land were squatters, who were not entitled to any land

    as beneficiaries.[7]

    On August 29, 1989, the farmer beneficiaries together with the BARC

    chairman answered the protest and objection stating that the slope of the land is not

    18% but only 5-10% and that the land is suitable and economically viable for

    agricultural purposes, as evidenced by the Certification of the Department of

    Agriculture, municipality of Cabuyao, Laguna.[8]

    On September 8, 1989, MARO Belen dela Torre made a summary investigation

    report and forwarded the Compulsory Acquisition Folder Indorsement (CAFI) to the

    Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (hereafter, PARO).[9]

    On September 21, 1989, PARO Durante Ubeda forwarded his endorsement of

    the compulsory acquisition to the Secretary of Agrarian Reform.

    On November 23, 1989, Acting Director Eduardo C. Visperas of the Bureau of

    Land Acquisition and Development, DAR forwarded two (2) Compulsory

    Acquisition Claim Folders covering the landholding of SRRDC, covered by TCT

    Nos. T-81949 and T-84891 to the President, Land Bank of the Philippines for further

    review and evaluation.[10]

    On December 12, 1989, Secretary of Agrarian Reform Miriam Defensor

    Santiago sent two (2) notices of acquisition[11]to petitioner, stating that petitioners

    landholdings covered by TCT Nos. 81949 and 84891, containing an area of 188.2858

    and 58.5800 hectares, valued at P4,417,735.65 and P1,220,229.93, respectively, had

    been placed under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

    On February 6, 1990, petitioner SRRDC in two letters [12] separately addressed

    to Secretary Florencio B. Abad and the Director, Bureau of Land Acquisition and

    Distribution, sent its formal protest, protesting not only the amount of compensation

    offered by DAR for the property but also the two (2) notices of acquisition.

    On March 17, 1990, Secretary Abad referred the case to the DARAB for

    summary proceedings to determine just compensation under R. A. No. 6657, Section16.

    On March 23, 1990, the LBP returned the two (2) claim folders previously

    referred for review and evaluation to the Director of BLAD mentioning its inability

    to value the SRRDC landholding due to some deficiencies.

    On March 28, 1990, Executive Director Emmanuel S. Galvez wrote Land Bank

    President Deogracias Vistan to forward the two (2) claim folders involving the

    property of SRRDC to the DARAB for it to conduct summary proceedings to

    determine the just compensation for the land.

    On April 6, 1990, petitioner sent a letter to the Land Bank of the Philippines

    stating that its property under the aforesaid land titles were exempt from CARP

    coverage because they had been classified as watershed area and were the subject of

    a pending petition for land conversion.

    On May 10, 1990, Director Narciso Villapando of BLAD turned over the two

    (2) claim folders (CACFs) to the Executive Director of the DAR Adjudication

    Board for proper administrative valuation. Acting on the CACFs, on September 10,

    1990, the Board promulgated a resolution asking the office of the Secretary of

    Agrarian Reform (DAR) to first resolve two (2) issues before it proceeds with the

    summary land valuation proceedings.[13]

    The issues that need to be threshed out were as follows: (1) whether the subject

    parcels of land fall within the coverage of the Compulsory Acquisition Program of

    the CARP; and (2) whether the petition for land conversion of the parcels of land

    may be granted.

    On December 7, 1990, the Office of the Secretary, DAR, through the

    Undersecretary for Operations (Assistant Secretary for Luzon Operations) and the

    Regional Director of Region IV, submitted a report answering the two issues

    raised. According to them, firstly, by virtue of the issuance of the notice of coverage

    on August 11, 1989, and notice of acquisition on December 12, 1989, the property is

    covered under compulsory acquisition. Secondly, Administrative Order No. 1,

    Series of 1990, Section IV D also supports the DAR position on the coverage of the

    said property. During the consideration of the case by the Board, there was no

    pending petition for land conversion specifically concerning the parcels of land in

    question.

    On February 19, 1991, the Board sent a notice of hearing to all the parties

    interested, setting the hearing for the administrative valuation of the subject parcels

    of land on March 6, 1991. However, on February 22, 1991, Atty. Ma. Elena P.

    Hernandez-Cueva, counsel for SRRDC, wrote the Board requesting for its assistance

    in the reconstruction of the records of the case because the records could not be

    found as her co-counsel, Atty. Ricardo Blancaflor, who originally handled the case

    for SRRDC and had possession of all the records of the case was on indefinite leave

    and could not be contacted. The Board granted counsels request and moved the

    hearing to April 4, 1991.

    On March 18, 1991, SRRDC submitted a petition to the Board for the latter to

    resolve SRRDCs petition for exemption from CARP coverage before any

    administrative valuation of their landholding could be had by the Board.

    On April 4, 1991, the initial DARAB hearing of the case was held and

    subsequently, different dates of hearing were set without objection from counsel of

    SRRDC. During the April 15, 1991 hearing, the subdivision plan of subject property

    at Casile, Cabuyao, Laguna was submitted and marked as Exhibit 5 for

    SRRDC. At the hearing on April 23, 1991, the Land Bank asked for a period of one

    month to value the land in dispute.

    At the hearing on April 23, 1991, certification from Deputy ZoningAdministrator Generoso B. Opina was presented. The certification issued on

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    September 8, 1989, stated that the parcels of land subject of the case were classified

    as industrial Park per Sanguniang Bayan Resolution No. 45-89 dated March 29,

    1989.[14]

    To avert any opportunity that the DARAB might distribute the lands to the

    farmer beneficiaries, on April 30, 1991, petitioner filed a petition [15]with DARAB to

    disqualify private respondents as beneficiaries. However, DARAB refused to

    address the issue of beneficiaries.

    In the meantime, on January 20, 1992, the Regional Trial Court, Laguna,Branch 24, rendered a decision,[16]finding that private respondents illegally entered

    the SRRDC property, and ordered them evicted.

    On July 11, 1991, DAR Secretary Benjamin T. Leong issued a memorandum

    directing the Land Bank of the Philippines to open a trust account in favor of

    SRRDC, for P5,637,965.55, as valuation for the SRRDC property.

    On December 19, 1991, DARAB promulgated a decision, the decretal portion

    of which reads:

    WHEREFORE, based on the foregoing premises, the Board hereby orders:

    1. The dismissal for lack of merit of the protest against the compulsory coverage of

    the landholdings of Sta. Rosa Realty Development Corporation (Transfer Certificates

    of Title Nos. 81949 and 84891 with an area of 254.766 hectares) in Barangay Casile,

    Municipality of Cabuyao, Province of Laguna under the Comprehensive Agrarian

    Reform Program is hereby affirmed;

    2. The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to pay Sta. Rosa Realty Development

    Corporation the amount of Seven Million Eight Hundred Forty-One Thousand, Nine

    Hundred Ninety Seven Pesos and Sixty-Four centavos (P7,841,997.64) for its

    landholdings covered by the two (2) Transfer Certificates of Title mentioned

    above. Should there be a rejection of the payment tendered, to open, if none has yet

    been made, a trust account for said amount in the name of Sta. Rosa RealtyDevelopment Corporation;

    3. The Register of Deeds of the Province of Laguna to cancel with dispatch Transfer

    certificate of Title Nos. 84891 and 81949 and new one be issued in the name of the

    Republic of the Philippines, free from liens and encumbrances;

    4 The Department of Environment and Natural Resources either through its

    Provincial Office in Laguna or the Regional Office, Region IV, to conduct a final

    segregation survey on the lands covered by Transfer certificate of Title Nos. 84891

    and 81949 so the same can be transferred by the Register of Deeds to the name of the

    Republic of the Philippines;

    5. The Regional Office of the Department of Agrarian Reform through its

    Municipal and Provincial Agrarian Reform Office to take immediate possession on

    the said landholding after Title shall have been transferred to the name of the

    Republic of the Philippines, and distribute the same to the immediate issuance of

    Emancipation Patents to the farmer-beneficiaries as determined by the Municipal

    Agrarian Reform Office of Cabuyao, Laguna.[17]

    On January 20, 1992, the Regional Trial Court, Laguna, Branch 24, rendered a

    decision in Civil Case No. B-2333[18]

    ruling that respondents were builders in badfaith.

    On February 6, 1992, petitioner filed with the Court of Appeals a petition for

    review of the DARAB decision.[19] On November 5, 1993, the Court of Appeals

    promulgated a decision affirming the decision of DARAB. The decretal portion of

    the Court of Appeals decision reads:

    WHEREFORE, premises considered, the DARAB decision dated September 19,

    1991 is AFFIRMED, without prejudice to petitioner Sta. Rosa Realty Development

    Corporation ventilating its case with the Special Agrarian Court on the issue of just

    compensation.[20]

    Hence, this petition.[21]

    On December 15, 1993, the Court issued a Resolution which reads:

    G. R. Nos. 112526 (Sta. Rosa Realty Development Corporation vs. Court of

    Appeals, et. al.) Considering the compliance, dated December 13, 1993, filed by

    counsel for petitioner, with the resolution of December 8, 1993 which required

    petitioner to post a cash bond or surety bond in the amount of P1,500,000.00 Pesos

    before issuing a temporary restraining order prayed for, manifesting that it has posted

    a CASH BOND in the same amount with the Cashier of the Court as

    evidenced by the attached official receipt no. 315519, the Court resolved to ISSUE

    the Temporary Retraining Order prayed for.

    The Court therefore, resolved to restrain: (a) the Department of Agrarian Reform

    Adjudication Board from enforcing its decision dated December 19, 1991 in

    DARAB Case No. JC-R-IV-LAG-0001, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals

    in a Decision dated November 5, 1993, and which ordered, among others, the

    Regional Office of the Department of Agrarian Reform through its Municipal and

    Provincial Reform Office to take immediate possession of the landholding in dispute

    after title shall have been transferred to the name of the Republic of the Philippines

    and to distribute the same through the immediate issuance of Emancipation Patents

    to the farmer-beneficiaries as determined by the Municipal Agrarian Officer of

    Cabuyao, Laguna, (b) The Department of Agrarian Reform and/or the Department of

    Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board, and all persons acting for and in their behalfand under their authority from entering the properties involved in this case and from

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    introducing permanent infrastructures thereon; and (c) the private respondents from

    further clearing the said properties of their green cover by the cutting or burning of

    trees and other vegetation, effective today until further orders from this Court. [22]

    The main issue raised is whether the property in question is covered by CARP

    despite the fact that the entire property formed part of a watershed area prior to the

    enactment of R. A. No. 6657.

    Under Republic Act No. 6657, there are two modes of acquisition of private

    land: compulsory and voluntary. In the case at bar, the Department of Agrarian

    Reform sought the compulsory acquisition of subject property under R. A. No. 6657,

    Section 16, to wit:

    Sec. 16. Procedure for Acquisition of Private Lands. For purposes of acquisition

    of private lands, the following procedures shall be followed:

    a.) After having identified the land, the landowners and the beneficiaries,

    the DAR shall send its notice to acquire the land to the owners thereof,

    by personal delivery or registered mail, and post the same in a

    conspicuous place in the municipal building and barangay hall of the

    place where the property is located. Said notice shall contain the offerof the DAR to pay corresponding value in accordance with the

    valuation set forth in Sections 17, 18, and other pertinent provisions

    hereof.

    b.) Within thirty (30) days from the date of the receipt of written notice by

    personal delivery or registered mail, the landowner, his administrator

    or representative shall inform the DAR of his acceptance or rejection

    of the offer.

    c.) If the landowner accepts the offer of the DAR, the LBP shall pay the

    landowner the purchase price of the land within thirty (30) days after

    he executes and delivers a deed of transfer in favor of the government

    and other muniments of title.

    d.) In case of rejection or failure to reply, the DAR shall conduct summary

    administrative proceedings to determine the compensation for the land

    requiring the landowner, the LBP and other interested parties to

    submit fifteen (15) days from receipt of the notice. After the

    expiration of the above period, the matter is deemed submitted for

    decision. The DAR shall decide the case within thirty (30) days after

    it is submitted for decision.

    e.) Upon receipt by the landowner of the corresponding payment, or, in

    case of rejection or no response from the landowner, upon the deposit

    with an accessible bank designated by the DAR of the compensation

    in cash or in LBP bonds in accordance with this act, the DAR shallmake immediate possession of the land and shall request the proper

    Register of Deeds to issue Transfer Certificate of Titles (TCT) in the

    name of the Republic of the Philippines. The DAR shall thereafter

    proceed with the redistribution of the land to the qualified

    beneficiaries.

    f.) Any party who disagrees with the decision may bring the matter to the

    court[23]of proper jurisdiction for final determination of just

    compensation.

    In compulsory acquisition of private lands, the landholding, the landowners andfarmer beneficiaries must first be identified. After identification, the DAR shall send

    a notice of acquisition to the landowner, by personal delivery or registered mail, and

    post it in a conspicuous place in the municipal building and barangay hall of the

    place where the property is located.

    Within thirty (30) days from receipt of the notice of acquisition, the landowner,

    his administrator or representative shall inform the DAR of his acceptance or

    rejection of the offer.

    If the landowner accepts, he executes and delivers a deed of transfer in favor of

    the government and surrenders the certificate of title. Within thirty (30) days from

    the execution of the deed of transfer, the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) pays

    the owner the purchase price. If the landowner accepts, he executes and delivers adeed of transfer in favor of the government and surrenders the certificate of

    title. Within thirty days from the execution of the deed of transfer, the Land Bank of

    the Philippines (LBP) pays the owner the purchase price. If the landowner rejects

    the DARs offer or fails to make a reply, the DAR conducts summary administrative

    proceedings to determine just compensation for the land. The landowner, the LBP

    representative and other interested parties may submit evidence on just compensation

    within fifteen days from notice. Within thirty days from submission, the DAR shall

    decide the case and inform the owner of its decision and the amount of just

    compensation.

    Upon receipt by the owner of the corresponding payment, or, in case of

    rejection or lack of response from the latter, the DAR shall deposit the compensationin cash or in LBP bonds with an accessible bank. The DAR shall immediately take

    possession of the land and cause the issuance of a transfer certificate of title in the

    name of the Republic of the Philippines. The land shall then be redistributed to the

    farmer beneficiaries. Any party may question the decision of the DAR in the special

    agrarian courts (provisionally the Supreme Court designated branches of the regional

    trial court as special agrarian courts) for final determination of just compensation.

    The DAR has made compulsory acquisition the priority mode of land

    acquisition to hasten the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform

    Program (CARP). Under Sec. 16 of the CARL, the first step in compulsory

    acquisition is the identification of the land, the landowners and the farmer

    beneficiaries. However, the law is silent on how the identification process shall be

    made. To fill this gap, on July 26, 1989, the DAR issued Administrative Order No.

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    12, series of 1989, which set the operating procedure in the identification of such

    lands. The procedure is as follows:

    A. The Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer (MARO), with the assistance of the

    pertinent Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (BARC), shall:

    1. Update the masterlist of all agricultural lands covered under the CARP

    in his area of responsibility; the masterlist should include such

    information as required under the attached CARP masterlist formwhich shall include the name of the landowner, landholding area,

    TCT/OCT number, and tax declaration number.

    2. Prepare the Compulsory Acquisition Case Folder (CACF) for each title

    (OCT/TCT) or landholding covered under Phase I and II of the CARP

    except those for which the landowners have already filed applications

    to avail of other modes of land acquisition. A case folder shall contain

    the following duly accomplished forms:

    a) CARP CA Form 1MARO investigation report

    b) CARP CA Form No 2 Summary investigation report findings andevaluation

    c) CARP CA Form 3Applicants Information sheet

    d) CARP CA Form 4 Beneficiaries undertaking

    e) CARP CA Form 5 Transmittal report to the PARO

    The MARO/BARC shall certify that all information contained in the above-

    mentioned forms have been examined and verified by him and that the same are true

    and correct.

    3. Send notice of coverage and a letter of invitation to a

    conference/meeting to the landowner covered by the Compulsory Case

    Acquisition Folder. Invitations to the said conference meeting shall

    also be sent to the prospective farmer-beneficiaries, the BARC

    representatives, the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP)

    representative, and the other interested parties to discuss the inputs to

    the valuation of the property.

    He shall discuss the MARO/BARC investigation report and solicit the views,

    objection, agreements or suggestions of the participants thereon. The landowner

    shall also ask to indicate his retention area. The minutes of the meeting shall be

    signed by all participants in the conference and shall form an integral part of the

    CACF.

    4. Submit all completed case folders to the Provincial Agrarian Reform

    Officer (PARO).

    B. The PARO shall:

    1. Ensure the individual case folders are forwarded to him by hisMAROs.

    2. Immediately upon receipt of a case folder, compute the valuation of the

    land in accordance with A.O. No. 6, series of 1988. The valuation

    worksheet and the related CACF valuation forms shall be duly

    certified correct by the PARO and all the personnel who participated

    in the accomplishment of these forms.

    3. In all cases, the PARO may validate the report of the MARO through

    ocular inspection and verification of the property. This ocular

    inspection and verification shall be mandatory when the computed

    value exceeds P500,000 per estate.

    4. Upon determination of the valuation, forward the case folder, together

    with the duly accomplished valuation forms and his recommendations,

    to the Central Office.

    The LBP representative and the MARO concerned shall be furnished a copy each of

    his report.

    C. DAR Central Office, specifically through the Bureau of Land Acquisition and

    Distribution (BLAD), shall:

    1. Within three days from receipt of the case folder from the PARO,review, evaluate and determine the final land valuation of the property

    covered by the case folder. A summary review and evaluation report

    shall be prepared and duly certified by the BLAD Director and the

    personnel directly participating in the review and final valuation.

    2. Prepare, for the signature of the Secretary or her duly authorized

    representative, a notice of acquisition (CARP Form 8) for the subject

    property. Serve the notice to the landowner personally or through

    registered mail within three days from its approval. The notice shall

    include among others, the area subject of compulsory acquisition, and

    the amount of just compensation offered by DAR.

    3. Should the landowner accept the DARs offered value, the BLAD shallprepare and submit to the Secretary for approval the order of

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    acquisition. However, in case of rejection or non-reply, the DAR

    Adjudication Board (DARAB) shall conduct a summary

    administrative hearing to determine just compensation, in accordance

    with the procedures provided under Administrative Order No. 13,

    series of 1989. Immediately upon receipt of the DARABs decision

    on just compensation, the BLAD shall prepare and submit to the

    Secretary for approval the required order of acquisition.

    4. Upon the landowners receipt of payment, in case of acceptance, or

    upon deposit of payment in the designated bank, in case of rejection ornon-response, the Secretary shall immediately direct the pertinent

    Register of Deeds to issue the corresponding Transfer Certificate of

    Title (TCT) in the name of the Republic of the Philippines. Once the

    property is transferred, the DAR, through the PARO, shall take

    possession of the land for redistribution to qualified beneficiaries.

    Administrative Order No. 12, Series of 1989 requires that the Municipal

    Agrarian Reform Officer (MARO) keep an updated master list of all agricultural

    lands under the CARP in his area of responsibility containing all the required

    information. The MARO prepares a Compulsory Acquisition Case Folder (CACF)

    for each title covered by CARP. The MARO then sends the landowner a Notice of

    Coverage and a letter of invitation to a conference/ meeting over the landcovered by the CACF. He also sends invitations to the prospective farmer-

    beneficiaries, the representatives of the Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee

    (BARC), the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and other interested parties to

    discuss the inputs to the valuation of the property and solicit views, suggestions,

    objections or agreements of the parties. At the meeting, the landowner is asked to

    indicate his retention area.

    The MARO shall make a report of the case to the Provincial Agrarian Reform

    Officer (PARO) who shall complete the valuation of the land. Ocular inspection and

    verification of the property by the PARO shall be mandatory when the computed

    value of the estate exceeds P500,000.00. Upon determination of the valuation, the

    PARO shall forward all papers together with his recommendation to the Central

    Office of the DAR. The DAR Central Office, specifically, the Bureau of Land

    Acquisition and Distribution (BLAD) shall prepare, on the signature of the Secretary

    or his duly authorized representative, a notice of acquisition of the subject

    property. From this point, the provisions of R. A. No. 6657, Section 16 shall apply.

    For a valid implementation of the CARP Program, two notices are required: (1)

    the notice of coverage and letter of invitation to a preliminary conference sent to the

    landowner, the representative of the BARC, LBP, farmer beneficiaries and other

    interested parties pursuant to DAR A. O. No. 12, series of 1989; and (2) the notice of

    acquisition sent to the landowner under Section 16 of the CARL.

    The importance of the first notice, that is, the notice of coverage and the letter

    of invitation to a conference, and its actual conduct cannot be understated. They aresteps designed to comply with the requirements of administrative due process. The

    implementation of the CARL is an exercise of the States police power and the

    power of eminent domain. To the extent that the CARL prescribes retention limits to

    the landowners, there is an exercise of police power for the regulation of private

    property in accordance with the Constitution. But where, to carry out such

    regulation, the owners are deprived of lands they own in excess of the maximum area

    allowed, there is also a taking under the power of eminent domain. The taking

    contemplated is not mere limitation of the use of the land. What is required is the

    surrender of the title to and physical possession of the excess and all beneficial rights

    accruing to the owner in favor of the farmer beneficiary.In the case at bar, DAR has executed the taking of the property in

    question. However, payment of just compensation was not in accordance with the

    procedural requirement. The law required payment in cash or LBP bonds, not by

    trust account as was done by DAR.

    In Association of Small Landowners in the Philippines v. Secretary of Agrarian

    Reform, we held that The CARP Law, for its part, conditions the transfer of

    possession and ownership of the land to the government on receipt of the landowner

    of the corresponding payment or the deposit by the DAR of the compensation in cash

    or LBP bonds with an accessible bank. Until then, title also remains with the

    landowner. No outright change of ownership is contemplated either.[24]

    Consequently, petitioner questioned before the Court of Appeals DARABs

    decision ordering the compulsory acquisition of petitioners property.[25]Here,

    petitioner pressed the question of whether the property was a watershed, not covered

    by CARP.

    Article 67 of the Water Code of the Philippines (P. D. No. 1067) provides:

    Art. 67. Any watershed or any area of land adjacent to any surface water or

    overlying any ground water may be declared by the Department of Natural resources

    as a protected area. Rules and Regulations may be promulgated by such Department

    to prohibit or control such activities by the owners or occupants thereof within the

    protected area which may damage or cause the deterioration of the surface water or

    ground water or interfere with the investigation, use, control, protection,management or administration of such waters.

    Watersheds may be defined as an area drained by a river and its tributaries and

    enclosed by a boundary or divide which separates it from adjacent watersheds.

    Watersheds generally are outside the commerce of man, so why was the Casile

    property titled in the name of SRRDC? The answer is simple. At the time of the

    titling, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources had not declared the

    property as watershed area. The parcels of land in Barangay Casile were declared as

    PARK by a Zoning Ordinance adopted by the municipality of Cabuyao in 1979, as

    certified by the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board. On January 5, 1994, the

    Sangguniang Bayan of Cabuyao, Laguna issued a Resolution [26]voiding the zoning

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    classification of the land at Barangay Casile as Park and declaring that the land is

    now classified as agricultural land.

    The authority of the municipality of Cabuyao, Laguna to issue zoning

    classification is an exercise of its police power, not the power of eminent domain. A

    zoning ordinance is defined as a local city or municipal legislation which logically

    arranges, prescribes, defines and apportions a given political subdivision into

    specific land uses as present and future projection of needs.[27]

    In Natalia Realty, Inc. v. Department of Agrarian Reform[28]

    we held that landsclassified as non-agricultural prior to the effectivity of the CARL may not be

    compulsorily acquired for distribution to farmer beneficiaries.

    However, more than the classification of the subject land as PARK is the fact

    that subsequent studies and survey showed that the parcels of land in question form a

    vital part of a watershed area. [29]

    Now, petitioner has offered to prove that the land in dispute is a watershed or

    part of the protected area for watershed purposes. Ecological balances and

    environmental disasters in our day and age seem to be interconnected. Property

    developers and tillers of the land must be aware of this deadly combination. In the

    case at bar, DAR included the disputed parcels of land for compulsory acquisition

    simply because the land was allegedly devoted to agriculture and was titled toSRRDC, hence, private and alienable land that may be subject to CARP.

    However, the scenario has changed, after an in-depth study, survey and

    reassessment. We cannot ignore the fact that the disputed parcels of land form a

    vital part of an area that need to be protected for watershed purposes. In a report of

    the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB), a research arm of the

    DENR, regarding the environmental assessment of the Casile and Kabanga-an river

    watersheds, they concluded that:

    The Casile barangay covered by CLOA in question is situated in the heartland of

    both watersheds. Considering the barangays proximity to the Matangtubig

    waterworks, the activities of the farmers which are in conflict with proper soil andwater conservation practices jeopardize and endanger the vital

    waterworks. Degradation of the land would have double edge detrimental

    effects. On the Casile side this would mean direct siltation of the Mangumit river

    which drains to the water impounding reservoir below. On the Kabanga-an side, this

    would mean destruction of forest covers which acts as recharged areas of the

    Matang Tubig springs. Considering that the people have little if no direct interest in

    the protection of the Matang Tubig structures they couldnt care less even if it would

    be destroyed.

    The Casile and Kabanga-an watersheds can be considered a most vital life support

    system to thousands of inhabitants directly and indirectly affected by it. From these

    watersheds come the natural God-given precious resource water. x x x x x

    Clearing and tilling of the lands are totally inconsistent with sound watershed

    management. More so, the introduction of earth disturbing activities like road

    building and erection of permanent infrastructures. Unless the pernicious

    agricultural activities of the Casile farmers are immediately stopped, it would not be

    long before these watersheds would cease to be of value. The impact of watershed

    degredation threatens the livelihood of thousands of people dependent upon

    it. Toward this, we hope that an acceptable comprehensive watershed development

    policy and program be immediately formulated and implemented before the

    irreversible damage finally happens.

    Hence, the following are recommended:

    7.2 The Casile farmers should be relocated and given financial assistance.

    7.3 Declaration of the two watersheds as critical and in need of immediate

    rehabilitation.

    7.4 A comprehensive and detailed watershed management plan and program be

    formulated and implemented by the Canlubang Estate in coordination with pertinent

    government agencies.[30]

    The ERDB report was prepared by a composite team headed by Dr. Emilio

    Rosario, the ERDB Director, who holds a doctorate degree in water resources from

    U.P. Los Banos in 1987; Dr. Medel Limsuan, who obtained his doctorate degree in

    watershed management from Colorado University (US) in 1989; and Dr. Antonio M.

    Dano, who obtained his doctorate degree in Soil and Water management

    Conservation from U.P. Los Banos in 1993.

    Also, DENR Secretary Angel Alcala submitted a Memorandum for the

    President dated September 7, 1993 (Subject: PFVR HWI Ref.: 933103 Presidential

    Instructions on the Protection of Watersheds of the Canlubang Estates at Barrio

    Casile, Cabuyao, Laguna) which reads:

    It is the opinion of this office that the area in question must be maintained for

    watershed purposes for ecological and environmental considerations, among

    others. Although the 88 families who are the proposed CARP beneficiaries will be

    affected, it is important that a larger view of the situation be taken as one should also

    consider the adverse effect on thousands of residents downstream if the watershed

    will not be protected and maintained for watershed purposes.

    The foregoing considered, it is recommended that if possible, an alternate area be

    allocated for the affected farmers, and that the Canlubang Estates be mandated to

    protect and maintain the area in question as a permanent watershed reserved.[31]

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    The definition does not exactly depict the complexities of a watershed. The

    most important product of a watershed is water which is one of the most important

    human necessity. The protection of watersheds ensures an adequate supply of water

    for future generations and the control of flashfloods that not only damage property

    but cause loss of lives. Protection of watersheds is an intergenerational

    responsibility that needs to be answered now.

    Another factor that needs to be mentioned is the fact that during the DARAB

    hearing, petitioner presented proof that the Casile property has slopes of 18% and

    over, which exempted the land from the coverage of CARL. R. A. No. 6657, Section10, provides:

    Section 10. Exemptions and Exclusions. Lands actually, directly and exclusively

    used and found to be necessary for parks, wildlife, forest reserves, reforestration, fish

    sanctuaries and breeding grounds, watersheds and mangroves, national defense,

    school sites and campuses including experimental farm stations operated by public or

    private schools for educational purposes, seeds and seedlings research and pilot

    production centers, church sites and convents appurtenent thereto, communal burial

    grounds and cemeteries, penal colonies and penal farms actually worked by the

    inmates, government and private research and quarantine centers, and all lands

    witheighteen percent (18%) slope and over, except those already developed shall

    be exempt from coverage of this Act.

    Hence, during the hearing at DARAB, there was proof showing that the

    disputed parcels of land may be excluded from the compulsory acquisition coverage

    of CARP because of its very high slopes.

    To resolve the issue as to the true nature of the parcels of land involved in the

    case at bar, the Court directs the DARAB to conduct a re-evaluation of the issue.

    IN VIEW WHEREOF, the Court SETS ASIDE the decision of the Court of

    Appeals in CA-G. R. SP No. 27234.

    In lieu thereof, the Court REMANDS the case to the DARAB for re-evaluation

    and determination of the nature of the parcels of land involved to resolve the issue of

    its coverage by the Comprehensive Land Reform Program.

    In the meantime, the effects of the CLOAs issued by the DAR to supposed

    farmer beneficiaries shall continue to be stayed by the temporary restraining order

    issued on December 15, 1993, which shall remain in effect until final decision on the

    case.

    No costs.

    SO ORDERED.

    Davide, Jr., C.J., (Chairman), and Ynares-Santiago, JJ., concur.

    Puno, J., no part due to relationship.Kapunan, J., on official leave.

    [1] In CA-G. R. SP No. 27234, promulgated on November 05, 1993, Martin,

    Jr.,J.,ponente, Chua and Guerrero,JJ., concurring,Rollo, Vol. I, pp. 228-258.

    [2] DARAB (Case No. JC-IV-LAG-0001) entitled Juan Amante, et. al. vs. Sta. Rosa

    Realty Development Corporation, promulgated on December 19, 1991,Rollo, Vol. I,

    pp. 133-136.

    [3] Petition,Rollo, Vol. I, p.10.

    [4] Petition, Regional Trial Court, Laguna, docketed as Civil Case No. B-2333, Rollo,

    Vol. I, p. 11.

    [5] Civil Cases Nos. 250, 258, 260, 262 and 266, p. 11.

    [6] Petition, Annex A,Rollo, Vol. I, p. 55.

    [7] Petition, Annex B, Rollo, Vol. I, p. 56-57.

    [8] Original Record, Folder I, Letter of Felicito B. Buban, Department of Agriculture,

    dated August 29, 1989.

    [9]Ibid., Summary Investigation Report.

    [10] Original Record, Folder II.

    [11] Folder I, Notice of Acquisition.

    [12]Ibid., Letters.

    [13] Folder, JC-R-IV-LAG-0001-GO, Decision DARAB, pp. 23-25.

    [14] Original Records, Folder of Exhibits III, Certification from the Office of the

    Deputy Zoning Administrator.

    [15] Vol. I, DARAB Folder, Manifestation and Motion.

    [16] Petition, Annex B, Judgment, Judge Rodrigo V. Cosico, presiding, CARollo,

    pp. 98-111. In Civil Case Nos. 250, 260, 258, 262, and 266.

    [17] Folder JC-R-IV-LAG-0001-C.O., Decision, penned by Benjamin T. Leong

    Chairman, concurred in by Renato B. Padilla, Lorenzo R. Reyes, Leopoldo M.

    Serrano, Jr. and Josefina M. Sidiangco, members.

    [18] Petition, Annex F, Vol. I, SCRollo, pp. 70-83.

    [19] Docketed as CA-G. R. SP No. 27234.

    [20] CARollo, Decision, Martin, Jr.,J.,ponente, Chua and Guerrero,JJ., concurring,

    pp. 499-529.

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    [21] Petition filed on November 24, 1993. G.R. No. 112526, Rollo, Vol. I, pp. 2-

    52. On September 28, 1994, the Court gave due course to the petition. G.R. No.

    112526,Rollo, Vol. II, pp. 780-781.

    [22] Resolution,Rollo, pp. 296-300.

    [23] R. A. No. 6657, Sec. 57.

    [24] 175 SCRA 343, 391 (1989).

    [25] In CA-G. R. SP No. 27234.[26] Comment of private respondents, Annex 1,Rollo, Vol. I, p. 331-332.

    [27] P. D. No. 449, Sec. 4 (b).

    [28] 225 SCRA 278, 283 [1993].

    [29] Petition, Annex K (Annex B of), G.R. No. 112526, Rollo, Vol. I , p. 225;

    Reply, Annex G, G.R. No. 112526,Rollo, Vol. I, pp. 455-521.

    [30] Reply, Annex A,Rollo, Vol. II, pp. 583-584.

    [31]Rollo, Vol. I, Memorandum, Secretary Alcala to FVR, p. 225.

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