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Barlota vs. Republic
Barlota vs. Republic
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G.R. No. 223334. June 7, 2017.
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* THIRD DIVISION.
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5 Id., at p. 134.
6 Id., at p. 77.
7 Entitled “Danilo Bartolata, rep. by Attorney-in-Fact Rebecca P. Pilot
& Dionisio P. Pilot v. Republic of the Philippines, Department of Public
Works and Highways, Department of Transportation and
Communications, and Toll Regulatory Board.”
8 Rollo, p. 141.
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Ruling of the CA
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13 Id., at p. 123.
14 Id., at p. 125.
15 Id., at p. 146.
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The Issues
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18 Id., at p. 55.
19 Constitution, Art. III, Sec. 9. Private property shall not be taken for
public use without just compensation.
20 Rollo, pp. 57-60; citing the expropriation cases of Republic v. Lim,
G.R. No. 161656, June 29, 2005, 462 SCRA 265; Republic v. Salem
Investment Corporation, G.R. No. 137569, June 23, 2000, 334 SCRA 320;
Heirs of Alberto Suguitan v. City of Mandaluyong, G.R. No. 135087, March
14, 2000, 328 SCRA 137; Association of Small Landowners in the
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Philippines, Inc. v. Secretary of Agrarian Reform, G.R. No. 78742, July 14,
1989, 175 SCRA 343; Cosculluela v. Court of Appeals, No. L-77765, August
15, 1988, 164 SCRA 393; Visayan Refining Co. v. Camus and Paredes, 40
Phil. 550 (1919); Manila Railroad Co. v. Velasquez, 32 Phil. 286 (1915).
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24 SECTION 61. The lands comprised in classes (a), (b), and (c) of
section fifty-nine shall be disposed of to private parties by lease only
and not otherwise, as soon as the President, upon recommendation by the
Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, shall declare that the same are
not necessary for the public service and are open to disposition under this
chapter. The lands included in class (d) may be disposed of by sale or
lease under the provisions of this Act. (emphasis added)
25 SECTION 67. The lease or sale shall be made through oral
bidding; and adjudication shall be made to the highest bidder.
However, where an applicant has made improvements on the
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Estoppels against the public are little favored. They should not be
invoked except [in rare] and unusual circumstances, and may not
be invoked where they would operate to defeat the effective
operation of a policy adopted to protect the public. They must be
applied with circumspection and should be applied only in those
special cases where the interests of justice clearly require it.
Nevertheless, the government must not be allowed to deal
dishonorably or capriciously with its citizens, and must
not play an ignoble part or do a shabby thing; and subject
to limitations . . . , the doctrine of equitable estoppel may be
invoked against public authorities as well as against private
individuals.36
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