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ROSARIO M. PONCE ENRILE v. ALFONSO PONCE ENRILE

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2013-06-03
BRION, J.
Non-payment of the lease rentals whenever they fall due is a ground for the ejectment of an agricultural lessee under paragraph 6, Section 36 of R.A. No. 3844.[56] In relation to Section 2 of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 816,[57] deliberate refusal or continued refusal to pay the lease rentals by the agricultural lessee for a period of two (2) years shall, upon hearing and final judgment, result in the cancellation of the CLT issued in the agricultural lessee's favor.
2002-08-08
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.
the land. x x x The circular was meant to remedy the situation where the tenant-farmer's lease rentals to landowner were not credited in his favor against the determined purchase price of the land, thus making him a perpetual obligor for said purchase price."[16] Since the assailed Circular essentially sought to accomplish the noble purpose of P.D. 27, it is therefore valid.[17] Such being the case, it has the force of law and is entitled to great respect.[18] The Court cannot see any "irreconcilable conflict" between P.D. No. 816[19] and DAR Memorandum Circular No. 6. Enacted in 1975, P.D. No. 816 provides that the tenant-farmer (agricultural lessee) shall pay lease rentals to the landowner until the value of