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ISLANDERS CARP-FARMERS BENEFICIARIES MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE v. LAPANDAY AGRICULTURAL

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	GR No. 191660 2012-12-03	DELIA T. SUTTON v. ROMANITO P. LIM PERLAS-BERNABE, J.
Verily, an agrarian dispute must be a controversy relating to a tenurial arrangement over lands devoted to agriculture.[18] Tenurial arrangements pertain to agreements which set out the rights between a landowner and a tenant, lessee, farm worker or other agrarian reform beneficiary involving agricultural land. Traditionally, tenurial arrangements are in the form of tenancy[19] or leasehold arrangements.[20] However, other forms such as a joint production agreement to effect the implementation of CARP have been recognized as a valid tenurial arrangement.[21]
	GR No. 154048 2009-11-27	STANFILCO EMPLOYEES AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE v. DOLE PHILIPPINES BRION, J.
Notably, the requirement of the existence of tenurial relationship has been relaxed in the cases of Islanders CARP-Farmers Beneficiaries Muti-Purpose Cooperative, Inc. v. Lapanday Agricultural and Dev't. Corporation[30] and Cubero v. Laguna West Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Inc.[31] The Court, speaking through former Chief Justice Panganiban, declared in Islanders that:[The definition of `agrarian dispute' in RA No. 6657 is] broad enough to include disputes arising from any tenurial arrangement beyond the traditional landowner-tenant or lessor-lessee relationship. xxx [A]grarian reform extends beyond the mere acquisition and redistribution of land, the law acknowledges other modes of tenurial arrangements to effect the implementation of CARP.[32]
	GR No. 172849 2008-12-10	MR. TERESO TAN v. MANUEL 'GUY' LINK CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
Islanders CARP-Farmers Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Inc. v. Lapanday Agricultural and Development Corporation[42] clearly instructs that:All controversies on the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), even though they raise questions that are also legal or constitutional in nature. All doubts should be resolved in favor of the DAR, since the law has granted it special and original authority to hear and adjudicate agrarian matters. (Emphasis supplied.)
	GR NO. 166833 2006-11-30	FELIXBERTO CUBERO v. LAGUNA WEST MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE CARPIO MORALES, J.
The finding of the RTC that petitioners' complaint does not involve an agrarian dispute is a narrow and restrictive view of the nature of an agrarian dispute. In the recent case of Islanders CARP-Farmers Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative Development, Inc. v. Lapanday Agricultural and Development Corp.,[23] this Court elucidated on the scope of an agrarian dispute, viz:The Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) has jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate all agrarian disputes involving the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL). Included in the definition of agrarian disputes are those arising from other tenurial arrangements beyond the traditional landowner-tenant or lessor-lessee relationship. Expressly, these arrangements are recognized by Republic Act No. 6657 as essential parts of agrarian reform. Thus, the DARAB has jurisdiction over disputes arising from the instant Joint Production Agreement entered into by the present parties.[24] (Emphasis and underscoring supplied).