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2001-07-31 |
MENDOZA, J. |
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| However, private respondent admitted that he had not personally occupied and cultivated Lot No. 707 since August 8, 1963, more than a year after his application to purchase the lot, because he had instituted tenants on his landholding. This is shown by the allegation in his comment on the petition that the enactment on August 8, 1963 of R.A. No. 3844, otherwise known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code, prevented him from ejecting the tenants on Lot No. 707.[10] In other words, as early as August 8, 1963, prior to his full payment of the purchase price of Lot No. 707, he had already failed to comply with the requirement of personal cultivation and/or occupation of the lot being purchased because he was allegedly prevented by law from ejecting the tenants thereon. However, contrary to respondent's claim, ยง36, paragraph (1) of R.A. No. 3844 provided for the ejectment of tenants on the ground that the landholder shall personally cultivate the land.[11] It was only upon the amendment of R.A. No. 3844 by R.A. 6839 on September 10, 1971 that personal cultivation as a ground for ejecting an agricultural lessee was abolished.[12] | |||||