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2014-04-23 |
VILLARAMA, JR., J. |
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| The Court in Soriano v. Republic[22] summarized the 15-day period rule for challenging the DAR valuation in just compensation cases, as follows: The Court notes that although the petition for determination of just compensation in Republic v. Court of Appeals was filed beyond the 15-day period, Republic v. Court of Appeals does not serve as authority for disregarding the 15-day period to bring an action for judicial determination of just compensation. Republic v. Court of Appeals, it should be noted, was decided at a time when Rule XIII, Section 11 was not yet present in the DARAB Rules. Further, said case did not discuss whether the petition filed therein for the fixing of just compensation was filed out of time or not. The Court merely decided the issue of whether cases involving just compensation should first be appealed to the DARAB before the landowner can resort to the SAC under Section 57 of R.A. No. 6657. In any event, any speculation as to the validity of Rule XIII, Section 11 was foreclosed by our ruling in Philippine Veterans Bank where we affirmed the order of dismissal of a petition for determination of just compensation for having been filed beyond the 15-day period under said Section 11. In said case, we explained that Section 11 is not incompatible with the original and exclusive jurisdiction of the SAC. In Land Bank of the Philippines v. Martinez, we reaffirmed this ruling and stated for the guidance of the bench and bar that "while a petition for the fixing of just compensation with the SAC is not an appeal from the agrarian reform adjudicator's decision but an original action, the same has to be filed within the 15-day period stated in the DARAB Rules; otherwise, the adjudicator's decision will attain finality." | |||||