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ANTONIO M. NUESA v. COURT OF APPEALS (14TH DIVISION)

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	GR No. 162446 2010-03-29	ROMANITA CONCHA v. PAULINO RUBIO PERALTA, J.
While it bears emphasizing that findings of administrative agencies − such as the DARAB − which have acquired expertise because their jurisdiction is confined to specific matters, are accorded not only respect but even finality by the courts. Care should be taken so that administrative actions are not done without due regard to the jurisdictional boundaries set by the enabling law for each agency.[43] In the case at bar, the DARAB has overstepped its legal boundaries in taking cognizance of the controversy between petitioners and respondents in deciding who should be declared the farmer-beneficiaries over the land in dispute. The CA thus erred in affirming the decision of the DARAB, which was rendered in excess of jurisdiction.
	GR No. 183279 2010-01-25	LAND BANK OF PHILIPPINES v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION BOARD VELASCO JR., J.
The Court may accord cogency to LBP's argument, but for the fact that the Provincial Adjudicator a quo and eventually the DARAB affirmed the new property valuation made by the LBP. By virtue of such affirmatory action, the DAR has, in effect, approved the PhP 3,426,153.80-LBP valuation, DARAB being the adjudicating arm of DAR.[19] Lest it be overlooked, the DARAB has primary jurisdiction to adjudicate all agrarian disputes, inclusive of controversies relating to compensation of lands under the CARP Law,[20] as the determination of just compensation is essentially a judicial function.[21] As aptly observed by the DARAB, there is no way that such amended valuation would go down as it is the landowners who have exhibited opposition to the valuation.
	GR NO. 157491 2006-06-20	SPS. PROCESO AMURAO AND MINERVA AMURAO v. SPS. JACINTO VILLALOBOS AND HERMINIGILDA VILLALOBOS CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
There being an agrarian dispute, the action is properly within the jurisdiction of the DAR, through the DARAB. This Court in Hon. Antonio M. Nuesa v. Court of Appeals[25] held: [T]he DAR is vested with the primary jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate agrarian reform matters and shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over all matters involving the implementation of the agrarian reform program. The DARAB has primary, original and appellate jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate all agrarian disputes, cases, controversies, and matters or incidents involving the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program under R.A. 6657, E.O. Nos. 229, 228 and 129-A, R.A. 3844 as amended by R.A. 6389, P.D. No. 27 and other agrarian laws and their implementing rules and regulations. As regards the second and third assigned errors, we find no need to rule on the same. To do so would be to pre-empt the DARAB in the adjudication of a matter within its jurisdiction and competence.
	GR NO. 140319 2006-05-05	RODOLFO HERMOSO v. C.L. REALTY CORPORATION GARCIA, J.
Vis-a-vis petitioners' jurisdictional challenge, it may be stated that the DAR, through its adjudication arm, i.e., the DARAB and its regional and provincial adjudication boards, exercises quasi-judicial functions and jurisdiction on all matters pertaining to agrarian dispute or controversy and the implementation of agrarian reform laws.[11] In Nuesa vs. Court of Appeals,[12] the Court, citing the Revised Rules of Procedure of the DARAB, stated that the DARAB has primary, original and appellate jurisdiction "to determine and adjudicate all agrarian disputes, cases, controversies, and matters or incidents involving the implementation of all the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program [CARP] under R.A. 6657, E.O. Nos. 228, 229 and 129-A, R.A. 3844, as amended by R.A. 6389, P.D. No. 27 and other agrarian laws and their implementing rules and regulations." The Court made a similar pronouncement on the jurisdiction of DARAB in Bautista vs. Mag-isa Vda. De Villa.[13] Under Section 1(f) of the DARAB Rules of Procedure, such jurisdiction of the DARAB includes cases involving "the issuance, correction and cancellation of ... (CLOAs) and Emancipation Patents (EPs) which are registered with the Land Registration Authority." Surely, such jurisdiction cannot be deemed to disappear the moment a certificate of title is issued. For, such certificates are not modes of transfer of property but merely evidence of such transfer. Needless to state, there can be no valid transfer of title should the CLOA on which it was grounded is void.
	GR No. 162890 2005-11-22	HEIRS OF JULIAN DELA CRUZ v. HEIRS OF ALBERTO CRUZ CALLEJO, SR., J.
As the Court ruled in Nuesa v. Court of Appeals:[37]
	GR NO. 132561 2005-06-30	PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK v. CA CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
In Nuesa v. Court of Appeals,[32] the Court, in addition to re-echoing the jurisdiction of the DARAB, puts emphasis on the extent of the coverage of the term "agrarian dispute," thus: As held by this Court in Centeno v. Centeno [343 SCRA 153], "the DAR is vested with the primary jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate agrarian reform matters and shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over all matters involving the implementation of the agrarian reform program." The DARAB has primary, original and appellate jurisdiction "to determine and adjudicate all agrarian disputes, cases, controversies, and matters or incidents involving the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program under R.A. 6657, E.O. Nos. 229, 228 and 129-A, R.A. 3844 as amended by R.A. 6389, P.D. No. 27 and other agrarian laws and their implementing rules and regulations."
	GR NO. 139254 2005-03-18	SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
2) granted it "jurisdiction over all matters involving implementation of agrarian reform, except those falling under the exclusive original jurisdiction of the DENR and the Department of Agriculture (DA), as well as `powers to punish for contempt and to issue subpoena, subpoena duces tecum and writs to enforce its orders or decisions.'"[26] In Nuesa v. Court of Appeals,[27] the Court, in addition to re-echoing the jurisdiction of the DARAB, puts emphasis on the extent of the coverage of the term "agrarian dispute," thus: As held by this Court in Centeno v. Centeno [343 SCRA 153], "the DAR is vested with the primary jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate agrarian reform matters and shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over all matters involving the implementation of the agrarian reform program." The DARAB has primary, original and appellate jurisdiction "to determine and adjudicate all agrarian disputes, cases, controversies, and matters or incidents involving the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program under R.A. 6657, E.O. Nos. 229, 228 and 129-A, R.A. 3844 as amended by R.A. 6389, P.D. No. 27 and other agrarian laws and their implementing rules and regulations."
	GR No. 139561 2003-06-10	SPS. FEDERICO ATUEL AND SARAH ATUEL AND SPS. GEORGE GALDIANO AND ELIADA GALDIANO v. SPS. BERNABE VALDEZ AND CONCHITA VALDEZ CARPIO, J.
xxx 1) that the parties are the landowner and the tenant or agricultural lessee; 2) that the subject matter of the relationship is an agricultural land; 3) that there is consent between the parties to the relationship; 4) that the purpose of the relationship is to bring about agricultural production; 5) that there is personal cultivation on the part of the tenant or agricultural lessee; and 6) that the harvest is shared between the landowner and the tenant or agricultural lessee. xxx[29] (Emphasis supplied) Emphasizing the DARAB's jurisdiction, this Court held in Hon. Antonio M. Nuesa, et al. v. Hon. Court of Appeals, et al.,[30] that:xxx the DAR is vested with the primary jurisdiction to determine and adjudicate agrarian reform matters and shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over all matters involving the implementation of the agrarian reform program." The DARAB has primary, original and appellate jurisdiction "to determine and adjudicate all agrarian disputes, cases, controversies, and matters or incidents involving the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program under R.A. 6657, E.O. Nos. 229, 228 and 129-A, R.A. 3844 as amended by R.A. 6389, P.D. No. 27 and other agrarian laws and their implementing rules and regulations. (Emphasis supplied) Under Section 3(d) of Republic Act No. 6657, otherwise known as the CARP Law, an agrarian dispute is defined as follows: