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2006-08-30 |
AZCUNA, J. |
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| To reiterate, where there is a showing that lots sought to be registered are part of the public domain, the applicant for land registration under Section 48 of Commonwealth Act No. 141 must secure a certification from the government that the lands claimed to have been possessed by the applicant as owner for more than 30 years are alienable and disposable.[33] Petitioners' failure to do so in this case, when taken with the evidence adduced by respondent showing that the lands in question indeed remain part of the public domain and form part of the national reserves, confirms that the CFI never acquired jurisdiction to order the registration of such lands in favor of petitioners, and certainly justifies their reversion to the State. | |||||