Republic v. Tamparong, Jr.
Republic v. Tamparong, Jr.
Republic v. Tamparong, Jr.
DECISION
M.V. LOPEZ, J : p
Footnotes
* "Casimero" in some parts of the rollo.
1. Rollo, pp. 10-33.
2. Id. at 41-47. Penned by Associate Justice Oscar V. Badelles, with the
concurrence of Associate Justices Romulo V. Borja and Rafael
Antonio M. Santos.
3. Id. at 144-147. Penned by Judge Bonifacio M. Macabaya.
4. Id. at 48-53.
5. Id. at 12 and 48-49.
6. Id. at 77-85. Penned by Presiding Judge Leonardo N. Demecillo.
7. Id. at 84.
8. Id. at 86.
9. Id. at 13-15.
10. Id. at 107-114. Penned by Presiding Judge Florencia D. Sealana-
Abbu.
11. Id. at 114.
12. See Order dated April 16, 2010; id. at 119.
13. Id. at 127-128.
14. Id. at 128.
15. Dated April 7, 2010. Id. at 115-118.
16. See Order dated September 11, 2013; id. at 129.
17. Id. at 133-134.
18. Id. at 107-114.
19. Id. at 134.
20. Id. at 135-136.
21. Id.
22. Id. at 137-138.
23. Id. at 137.
24. Id. at 139-141.
25. Id. at 139-140.
26. Id. at 144-147.
27. Id. at 147.
28. See Motion for Reconsideration (re Order dated June 25, 2014)
dated July 21, 2014; id. at 148-158.
29. Id. at 156.
30. Id. at 155-156.
31. Id. at 159-162.
32. Id. at 163-189.
33. Id. at 180-186.
34. Id. at 41-47.
35. Id. at 45-47.
36. Id. at 10-33.
37. Id. at 27-30.
38. Id. at 31.
39. See Comment dated October 19, 2017; id. at 267-279.
40. Id. at 273.
41. Id. at 272-273.
42. Republic v. Mupas, 769 Phil. 21, 194 (2015) [Per J. Brion, En Banc].
43. Evergreen Manufacturing Corporation v. Republic, 817 Phil. 1048,
1064 (2017) [Per J. Carpio, Second Division].
44. See Section 2, Rule 6 of the Rules of Court which provides:
Section 2. Entry of plaintiff upon depositing value with authorized
government depositary. — Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time
thereafter and after due notice to the defendant, the plaintiff shall have
the right to take or enter upon the possession of the real property
involved if he deposits with the authorized government depositary an
amount equivalent to the assessed value of the property for purposes of
taxation to be held by such bank subject to the orders of the court. Such
deposit shall be in money, unless in lieu thereof the court authorizes the
deposit of a certificate of deposit of a government bank of the Republic
of the Philippines payable on demand to the authorized government
depositary.
xxx xxx xxx
See also Section 4 of Republic Act No. 8974, entitled "AN ACT TO
FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, SITE OR
LOCATION FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," approved on November 7,
2000, which provides:
Section 4. Guidelines for Expropriation Proceedings. — Whenever it is
necessary to acquire real property for the right-of-way, site or location for
any national government infrastructure project through expropriation, the
appropriate implementing agency shall initiate the expropriation
proceedings before the proper court under the following guidelines:
(a) Upon the filing of the complaint, and after due notice to the
defendant, the implementing agency shall immediately pay the owner of
the property the amount equivalent to the sum of (1) one hundred
percent (100%) of the value of the property based on the current
relevant zonal valuation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR); and (2)
the value of the improvements and/or structures as determined under
Section 7 hereof;
(b) In provinces, cities, municipalities and other areas where there is no
zonal valuation, the BIR is hereby mandated within the period of sixty
(60) days from the date of the expropriation case, to come up with a
zonal valuation for said area; and
(c) In case the completion of a government infrastructure project is of
utmost urgency and importance, and there is no existing valuation of the
area concerned, the implementing agency shall immediately pay the
owner of the property its proffered value taking into consideration the
standards prescribed in Section 5 hereof.
45. Republic v. Mupas, 769 Phil. 21, 195 (2015) [Per J. Brion, En Banc].
46. 433 Phil. 106 (2002) [Per J. Vitug, First Division].
47. Id. at 122-123; citations omitted.
48. 817 Phil. 1048 (2017) [Per J. Carpio, Second Division].
49. Id. at 1067, citing Republic v. Mupas, 769 Phil. 21, 196-197 (2015)
[Per J. Brion, En Banc].
50. Apo Fruits Corporation v. Land Bank of the Philippines, 647 Phil.
251, 284-285 (2010) [Per J. Brion, En Banc].
51. Republic v. Silvestre, 846 Phil. 599, 611 (2019) [Per J. Peralta, Third
Division].
52. National Transmission Commission v. Religious of the Virgin Mary,
G.R. No. 245266, August 1, 2022 [Per J. Leonen, Second
Division]; Republic v. DPWH, G.R. No. 244115, February 3, 2021,
<https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/67365>
[Per J. Delos Santos, Third Division]; Republic v. Silvestre, id.;
Curata v. Philippine Ports Authority, 608 Phil. 9 (2009) [Per J.
Velasco, Jr., En Banc]; Philippine Ports Authority v. Rosales-
Bondoc, 557 Phil. 737 (2007) [Per J. Sandoval-Gutierrez, First
Division]; Land Bank of the Philippines v. Imperial, 544 Phil. 378
(2007) [Per J. Quisumbing, Second Division]; Republic v. CA, 494
Phil. 494 (2005) [Per J. Carpio, First Division]; Land Bank of the
Philippines v. Wycoco, 464 Phil. 83 (2004) [Per J. Ynares-
Santiago, First Division]; and Reyes v. National Housing
Authority, 443 Phil. 603 (2003) [Per J. Puno, Third Division].
53. See National Transmission Commission v. Religious of the Virgin
Mary, G.R. No. 245266, August 1, 2022 [Per J. Leonen, Second
Division].
54. Rollo, p. 135.
55. Id. at 136.
56. Id.
57. Republic v. Silvestre, 846 Phil. 599, 611 (2019) [Per J. Peralta, Third
Division].
58. Rollo, p. 27.
59. Id. at 114.
60. Id. at 290-292. Penned by Associate Justice Oscar V. Badelles, with
the concurrence of Associate Justices Ronaldo B. Martin and
Ruben Reynaldo G. Roxas.
61. Id. at 291-292.
62. Id. at 359 and 361.
63. See Order dated November 29, 2000, id. at 86.
64. See Secretary of the DPWH v. Tecson, 758 Phil. 604, 639-640
(2015) [Per J. Peralta, En Banc]; and Nacar v. Gallery Frames,
719 Phil. 267, 282 (2013) [Per J. Peralta, En Banc].
65. Rollo, p. 86. See also Republic v. Villao, G.R. No. 216723, March 9,
2022,
<https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/68316>
[Per J. Rosario, Second Division]; and Republic v. Macabagdal,
823 Phil. 477, 484 (2018) [Per J. Perlas-Bernabe, Second
Division], wherein the Court ruled that legal interest shall run from
the date of the issuance of the writ of possession since it is the
date that the fact of the deprivation of property can be
established.
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