278514 Sotero Diola, Felixberto Cubero, Judy U. Lim, Manuel R. Lahoz, and Nerissa C. Natividad Vs. Laguna West Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Inc. — Official PDF

Decision 6 G.R. No. 278514 of cases pertammg to the implementation of the CARP except those provided under Section 57 of [Republic Act] No. 6657. [Diola et al.] have filed a complaint earlier with the RTC ofTanauan [City] for annulment of the N As against [Laguna West]. The R TC dismissed the complaint on the ground that the primary jurisdiction to determine the validity of the N As is with the Department of Agrarian Refmm Adjudication Board (DARAB). [Diola et al.] elevated the case to the Supreme Court via a petition for review under Rule 45 entitled Cubero v. Laguna West Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Inc. docketed as G.R. No. I 66833. In a [D]ecision dated November 30, 2006, the Supreme Court denied [Diola et al.' s] petition and held that since the controversy involving the subject N As involve the development and utilization of the subject agricultural lands, the case falls squarely within the jurisdictional ambit of the DAR[.]28 In any event, Laguna West's Amended Petition for Mandamus does not call for the enforcement of the JV As. It simply seeks to compel the Register of Deeds ofTanauan City, Batangas to carry over the omitted annotations to the relevant certificates of title. In synthesis, the Court finds no cogent reason to disturb the findings and conclusions of both the CA and the RTC. ACCORDINGLY, the Petition for Review on Certiorari is DENIED. The June 28, 2024 Decision and the January 30, 2025 Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 180923 are AFFIRMED. SO ORDERED. WE CONCUR: IN S. CAGUIOA 28 Rollo, pp. 43-44.