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AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION

1st Semester, AY 2016-2017

ATTY. ALVIN T. CLARIDADES

Faculty Member, PUP College of Law

COURSE OUTLINE
Part One Overview of the Course on Agrarian Law
1. General Concepts of Agrarian Reform
2. Historical and Legal Backdrop
Part Two Legislative Backdrop
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RA 3844, as amended by RA 6389 Code of Agrarian Reforms of the Philippines

PD 27 Decree Emancipating Tenants from the Bondage of the Soil
EO 129-A Modifying EO 129 Reorganizing and Strengthening DAR
EO 228 Declaring Full Land Ownership to Qualified Beneficiaries under PD 27
Proc. 131 Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
RA 6657 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program enacted on June 10, 1988
Sec. 2 of RA 6657, as amended by RA 9700 Declaration of Principles and Policies
RA 7881 Amending the CARP
RA 9700 Strengthening the CARP

Part Three Land Acquisition

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Agrarian Reform Defined Sec. 3(a), RA 6657

Scope of the Program Sec. 4, RA 6657
Priorities of Coverage Sec. 7, RA 6657
Land Acquisition: Compulsory Acquisition Sec. 16, RA 6657
Land Acquisition: Voluntary Offer to Sell Sec. 19, RA 6657

Cases:
1. Association of Small Landowners in the Phils. v. Sec. of Agrarian Reform, GR. No.
79310, July 14, 1989
2. Roxas v. CA, GR 127876, Dec. 17, 1999
3. Corporate Landowners: Stock Distribution Option Sec. 31, RA 6657
4. Award of Lands to Children of Landowners Sec. 6, RA 6657
Issuance: DAR AO 2, S. 2009 Rules and Regulations on the Acquisition and Distribution of
Agricultural Lands under RA 6657, as amended by RA 9700

Part Four Retention, Exemption and Exclusions

1. Retention Rights Sec. 6, RA 6657
Case: Alita vs. CA, GR 78517, Feb. 27, 1989
Issuance: DAR AO 2, s. 2003 2003 Rules of Procedure on Landowners Retention Rights
1. Exemptions and Exclusions Sec. 10, RA 6657
2. Sec. 3(c) of RA 6657, in relation to DOJ Opinion No. 44 s. 1990 and the case of Natalia
Realty v. DAR, GR 103302, Aug. 12, 1993
Issuances:
1. DAR AO 13, S. 1990 Rules and Procedures Governing Exemptions of Lands under
Sec. 10 of RA 6657
2. DAR AO 4, S. 2003 2003 Rules on Exemption of Lands under Sec. 3c, RA 6657 and
DOJ Opinion 44 s. 1990
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Milestone Farms, Inc., v. Office of the President, GR 182332, Feb. 23, 2011
Luz Farms v. Sec. of Agrarian Reform, GR 86889, Dec. 4, 1990
DAR v. Sutton, GR 162070. Oct. 19, 2005
RA 7881 (1995) Exempting Prawn Farms and Fishponds from CARP

Issuance: DAR AO 3, S. 1995 Rules and Regulations on the Exemption of Fishponds from the
Coverage of CARL pursuant to RA 7881
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Central Mindanao University v. DARAB, GR 100091, Oct. 22, 1992

DAR v. DECS, GR 158228, March 23, 2004
Province of Camarines Sur v. CA, GR 103125, May 17, 1993
Roxas & Company, Inc. v. DAMBA-NFSW, GR 149548. Dec. 4, 2009

Part Five Land Valuation

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Land Valuation under Operation Land Transfer pursuant to PD 27

PD 27 and EO 228: Valuation Formula under par. 4 of PD 27 and Sec. 2 of EO 228
Determination of Just Compensation Sec. 17, RA 6657
Valuation and Mode of Compensation Sec. 18, RA 6657
Procedure for Acquisition of Private Lands in Case of Landowners Rejection or Failure
to Reply Sec. 16 (d) of RA 6657
6. Land Valuation and Landowner Compensation, Sec. IV-D of DAR AO 2, S. 2009

Cases:
1. Just Compensation as discussed in Association of Small Landowners in the Philippines v.
Secretary of Agrarian Reform, GR 78742, July 14, 1989
2. Land Bank of the Phils. v. Natividad, GR 127198, May 16, 2005
3. Land Bank of the Phils. vs. CA, GR 118712, Oct. 6, 1995
4. Lubrica v. Land Bank of the Phils., GR 170220, Nov. 20, 2006
Issuance: Preliminary Determination of Just Compensation per Rule XIX of the 2009 DARAB
Rules of Procedure
Part Six Land Redistribution
1. Land Redistribution per Secs. 22 to 27 of RA 6657, as amended
2. Principle of affordability to the farmers
Case: Land Bank of the Phils. v. Palmares, GR 192890, June 17, 2013
3. Indefeasibility of Titles
Case: Estribillo v. DAR, GR 159674, June 30, 2006
Part Seven- Land Tenure Improvement
1. Determination of Lease Rentals Sec. 12, RA 6657
2. Leasehold Relationship
Cases:
1. Caballes v. DAR, GR 78214, Dec. 5, 1988
2. Gabriel v. Pangilinan, GR L-27797, Aug. 26, 1974
3. Gelos v. CA, GR 86186, May 8, 1992
Issuance: AO 2, s. 2006 Revised Rules and Procedures Governing Leasehold Implementation
in Tenanted Agricultural Lands
1. Production-Sharing Sec 32, RA 6657
2. Agribusiness Venture Arrangements (AVAs) in Agrarian Reform Areas per DAR AO 0906
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Part Eight Conversion of Agricultural Lands
1. Conversion of Lands Sec 65, RA 6657

2. Conversion of Agricultural Lands: Difference among Exemption, Conversion and

Reclassification
Cases:
1. CREBA v. Secretary of Agrarian Reform, GR 183409, June 18, 2010
2. Ros v. DAR, GR 132477, Aug. 31, 2005
3. Land Reclassification Sec. 20 of RA 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991
Issuances:
1. MC 54, s. 1993 from the Office of the President Prescribing the Guidelines governing
Sec. 20 of RA 7160 Authorizing Cities And Municipalities to Reclassify Agricultural
Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
2. DAR AO 1-02 The 2002 Comprehensive Rules on Land Conversion
Case: Fortich v. Corona, GR 131457, April 24, 1998 Decision, Opinion and Resolution of the
Motion for Reconsideration with the Decision of the Office of the President (OP) on the Sumilao
Case
Part Nine Mechanisms for Program Implementation
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Presidential Agrarian Reform Council Secs. 41, 42, 43, 49, RA 6657
Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee Secs. 44 and 45, RA 6657
Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee Secs. 46 to 48, RA 6657
Department of Agrarian Reform EO 129-A dated July 26, 1987
Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) Sec. 13, EO 129-A

Part Ten Financing the Program

1. Funding Source per Sec. 63 of RA 6657 and Financing under Secs. 21 and 22 of EO 229
(1987)
2. RA 8532 (1998) Providing Augmentation Fund for the CARP with an Additional
Amount of Fifty Billion Pesos
3. Additional Funding Source Sec. 21 of RA 9700, amending Sec. 63 of RA 6657
Part Eleven Agrarian Justice or the Resolution of Agrarian Disputes
1. Administrative Adjudication Secs. 50-53 of RA 6657
2. DAR AO 3, S. 2003 2003 Rules on Agrarian Law Implementation [ALI] Cases
3. The 2009 DARAB Rules of Procedure
Case: Vda. de Tangub vs. CA, UDK 9864, Dec. 3, 1990
4. Award to Beneficiaries Sec. 9 of RA 9700 amending Sec. 24 of RA 6657

Issuance: DAR AO 3, S. 2009 Rules and Procedures Governing the Cancellation of Registered
CLOAs, EPs and Other Titles Issued under Any Agrarian Reform Frogram
Case: DAR v. Cuenca, GR 154112. Sept. 23, 2004
5. Exclusive Jurisdiction on Agrarian Dispute Sec. 19, RA 9700 amending Sec. 50-A, RA
6657
Issuance: DAR AO 4, S. 2009 Rules and Regulations Implementing Sec. 19 of RA 9700
(Jurisdiction on and Referral of Agrarian Disputes)
6. Special Agrarian Courts Sec 57, RA 6657
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Land Bank of the Phils. v. CA, GR 128557, Dec. 29, 1999

Land Bank of the Phils. v. Celada, GR 164876, Jan. 23, 2006
Land Bank of the Phils. v. Heirs of Eleuterio Cruz, GR 175175, Sept. 29, 2008
Land Bank of the Phils. v. Martinez, GR 169008, Aug. 14, 2007
Phil. Veterans Bank v. CA, GR 132767, Jan. 18, 2000
Modes of Appeal / Review from the DARAB
Rule 43 of the Rules of Court (1997 Rules of Civil Procedure)
Certiorari Sec. 54 of RA 6657 and Rule 65 of the Rules of Court

Part Twelve Jurisdiction on Agrarian Disputes

1. Updates on Laws on Rules of Procedure of DARAB
2. Jurisprudence on Jurisdiction over Agrarian Cases
Cases:
1. DAR v. Paramount Holdings Equities, Inc., GR 176838, June 13, 2013
2. Del Monte Phils. Inc. Employees Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative
(DEARBC) v. Sangunay, GR 180013, Jan. 31, 2011
Part Thirteen Support Services
1. Support Services to Stakeholders Secs. 36 to 29, RA 6657
2. Prohibited Acts and Omissions under Sec. 73 of RA 6657
Part Fourteen Individual Presentation and Submission of Case Digests and Draft Decisions
FINAL EXAMINATION