AGRARIAN LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION

FIRST SEMESTER
SY 2014-2015
PART I
AGRARIAN LAWS
I. Basic Principles of Agrarian Reform
II.
A. Constitution
- Art II, Sec 10
- Art XIII, Secs 1-2
B. Social Justice
- Calalang vs Williams (G.R. No. 47800)
C. Police Power, Eminent Domain
D. Constitutional Issues
- Association of Small Landholders of the Philippines vs. Secretary of Agrarian
Reform (G.R. No. 78742)
II. Agricultural Tenancy
A. Elements
1. Parties are owner/possessor and tenant
2. Subject is agricultural land
3. Consent
4. Purpose is agricultural production
5. Consideration
6. Personal cultivation
Related Jurisprudence
a. Cayetano and Tiongson vs CA (G.R. No. L-62626)
b. Caballes vs DAR (G.R. No. 78214)
c. Hilario vs. IAC (G.R. No. 70736)
d. Qua vs CA (G.R. No. 95318)
e. Guerrero vs. CA (G.R. No. L-44570) Cultivation
B. Right of security of tenure
Related Jurisprudence
a. Talavera vs CA (G.R. No. 77830)
b. Endaya vs. CA (G.R. No. 88113)
c. Milestone Realty vs CA (G.R. No. 135999) succession
d. Villaviza vs Panganiban (G.R. No. L-19760) Prescription of action
C. Right of pre-emption and redemption

a. Basbas vs Entena (G.R. No. L-21812)

D. Lawful Consideration
- Case: Tan vs Pollescas (G.R. No. 145568)
F. Share tenancy, abolition -- RA 1199, Sec 4
Related Jurisprudence
a. Hidalgo vs Hidalgo (G.R. No. L-25326)
b. Guerrero vs. CA (G.R. No. L-44570)
G. Latest A.O. on Leasehold
III. LAND TENURE IMPROVEMENT
A. Improvement of the Leasehold Relationship
B. What constitutes a leasehold relationship?
a. Caballes vs. DAR, GR No. 78214, December 5, 1988 (168 SCRA 247)
b. Gelos vs. Court of Appeals (208 SCRA 608, 1992)
c. Gabriel vs. Pangilinan (58 SCRA 590, 1974)
C. Production Sharing (Sec 32)
IV.

LAND ACQUISITION
the transfer of private and public lands to farmer beneficiaries

A.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.

LEGAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3a Definition of Agrarian Reform
4
Scope of the Program
7
Priorities of Coverage
16 Land Acquisition (Compulsory Acquisition)
19 Land Acquisition (Voluntary Offer to Sell)

Related Jurisprudence
a. Association of Small Landowners in the Philippines et. al., versus Secretary of
Agrarian Reform, GR. No. 79310 , July 14, 1989 (175 SCRA 343)
b. Roxas vs. Court of Appeals (GR No. 127876, Dec. 17, 1999)
V.

VARIATIONS ON LAND ACQUISITION

Reference: DAR Adm. Order No. 2, series 2009 RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE
ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS under RA 6657 as
amended by RA 9700
A. Coverage
Beneficiary Identification

B. EXEMPTION
a. Sec. 6 Retention Rights (c.f with retention right under PD 27)
Related Jurisprudence: Alita vs. Court of Appeals (170 SCRA 706, 1989)
DAR Adm. Order No. 2 series 2003 - 2003 Rules of Procedure on Landowners
Retention Rights
Constitution- Article XIII, Sec 4
R.A. 6657, as amended - Sec 6
Related Jurisprudence: Natalia Realty et. al.. versus DAR, GR No. 103302,
August 12, 1993
DAR Adm. Order No. 13 series 1990 Rules and Procedures Governing
Exemptions of Lands Under Sec. 10 of RA 6657
DAR Adm. Order No. 4 series 2003 2003 Rules on Exemption of Lands under
Sec. 3c, RA 6657 and DOJ Opinion 44 s. 1990
Luz Farms vs. Secretary of Agrarian Reform, GR No. 86889,
December 4, 1990 (192 SCRA 51)
Department of Agrarian Reform Petitioner, vs. Delia T. Sutton et.
al., Respondents. [G.R. No. 162070. October 19, 2005.]
Milestone Farms, Inc., petitioner, vs. Office of the President,
respondent. [G.R. No. 182332. February 23, 2011.]
RA 7881 (1995) Exempting Prawn Farms and Fishponds from CARP
Central Mindanao University versus DARAB (215 SCRA 85, 1992)
[compare with DAR vs. DECS]
Department of Agrarian Reform, petitioner, vs. Department Of
Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), respondent. [G.R. No. 158228.
March 23, 2004.]
Province of Camarines Sur vs. CA, 222 SCRA 173 (1993)
ROXAS & COMPANY, INC., petitioner, vs. DAMBA-NFSW and the
DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, respondents. [G.R. No. 149548.
December 4, 2009.]
VI.
JUST COMPENSATION
VII.
A. Constitutional provisions
Association of Small Landholders of the Philippines vs. Secretary of
Agrarian Reform (G.R. No. 78742)

B. R.A. 6657, as amended Secs 17-19

C. RA 9700 Sec 7
D. Executive Order No. 228
E. Formula
- Cases:
a. LBP vs Rufino (G.R. No. 175644)
b. LBP vs Banal (G.R. No. 143276)
c. LBP vs Celada (G.R. No. 164876)
d. LBP vs Soriano (G.R. No. 180772 and 180776)
e. Latest A.O. on Just Compensation
F. Time of taking
Cases:
a. Apo Fruits vs LBP (G.R. No. 164195, 12 October 2010)
b. LBP vs Soriano (G.R. No. 180772 and 180776)
c.
d. Hacienda Luisita case
G. LAND VALUATION
a. Land Valuation under Operation Land Transfer (PD 27)
LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. HON. ELI G. C. NATIVIDAD, G.R. No.
127198. May 16, 2005
JOSEFINA S. LUBRICA vs. LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, G.R. No.
170220. November 20, 2006.
Association of Small Landowners in the Philippines et. al., versus Secretary
of Agrarian Reform, GR. No. 79310 , July 14, 1989 (175 SCRA 343) [pertinent
portions on just compensation]
Land Bank vs. CA and Pedro Yap (GR No. 118712, Oct. 6, 1995)
b. Authority of the DAR Adjudication Board over land valuation cases (see Article
XIX of the 2009 DARAB Rules of Procedure)
VIII.

LAND REDISTRIBUTION

The principle of affordability to the farmers, and government financing of

transaction costs
Case: HLI vs PARC (G.R. No. 171101, 5 July 2011 and November 2011, 2012
Resolution)
Agribusiness Venture Agreement (AVA)RA 7905,AO 9 series 2006, AO 2 series 2008
IX.

CANCELLATION AND INDEFEASIBILITY OF TITLE

- Heirs of Grio vs CA (G.R. No. 165073)

- Estribillo vs DAR (G.R. No. 159674)
- Deleste vs LBP (G.R. No. 169913)
Indefeasibility of Titles
SAMUEL ESTRIBILLO, et. al, petitioners, vs. DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM
and HACIENDA MARIA, INC., respondents. [G.R. No. 159674. June 30, 2006.]
X.

CONVERSION

A. Conversion vs Reclassification
Ros vs DAR
1. Grounds:
Prohibition: irrigated or irrigable
5 year development period
Awarded land:
- 5 year prohibition
- Investment requirement (10%)
- Full payment
Cases:
- Alarcon vs CA (G.R. No. 152085)
- Province of Camarines Sur vs CA (G.R. No. 103125)
- Fortich vs Corona (G.R. No. 131457, 17 November 1998)
B. Sec 65, RA 6657
Jose Luis Ros, et. al. Petitioners, vs. Department Of Agrarian Reform
Respondents. [G.R. No. 132477. August 31, 2005.]
CHAMBER OF REAL ESTATE AND BUILDERS ASSOCIATIONS, INC.
(CREBA), petitioner, vs. THE SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORM, respondent.
[G.R. No. 183409. June 18, 2010.]
C. Sec 20 of RA 7160 (Local Govt. Code)
D. Memo Circular No. 54 s. 1993, Office of the President
E. DAR Administrative Orders No. 1, s. 2002 2002 Rules and Regulations on
the Conversion of Agricultural Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
The Hon. Carlos Fortich et. al. vs. The Hon. Renato Corona GR. No.
131457, April 24, 1998 (Decision, Opinion and Resolution of the Motion for
Reconsideration)
Decision of the Office of the President on the Sumilao Case
XI.

MECHANISMS FOR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (Secs. 41, 42, 43, 49)
The Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (Sec. 44-45)
The Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (Secs. 46-48)
The Department of Agrarian Reform (Executive Order 129-A, dated July 26, 1987)
The DAR Adjudication Board (Sec. 13, EO 129-A)
Financing the Program
Sec. 63 of RA 6657, in relation to Secs. 21 and 22 of E) 229
RA 8532. (1998) Augmenting the Agrarian Reform Fund with an Additional Fifty
Billion Peso Budget
RA 9700, Sec. 21 amending Sec. 63 of RA 6657

XII.
XIII.

AGRARIAN JUSTICE OR THE RESOLUTION OF AGRARIAN DISPUTES

PROHIBITED ACTS IN THE CARP LAW SEC. 73, RA 6657 AS
AMENDED

PART II
SOCIAL LEGISLATION
Atty. Vanessa B. Tayaban
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