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G.R. No. 146195. November 18, 2004
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conciliation prior to its filing with the court. This is clear from
the provisions of Section 18 of the same Rule, which reads: SEC.
18. Referral to Lupon.Cases requiring referral to the Lupon for
conciliation under the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1508
where there is no showing of compliance with such requirement,
shall be dismissed without prejudice, and may be revived only
after such requirement shall have been complied with. This
provision shall not apply to criminal cases where the accused was
arrested without a warrant.
SANDOVALGUTIERREZ, J.:
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Before us2 is a petition for review on certiorari assailing the
Decision of the Court of Appeals dated September 12, 2000
and its Resolution dated December 1, 2000 in CAG.R. SP
No. 54541, entitled Avelina Zamora, et al., petitioners,
versus Heirs of Carmen Izquierdo, represented by the
executrix, Anita F. Punzalan, respondents.
The records show that sometime in 1973, Carmen
Izquierdo and Pablo Zamora entered into a verbal
stipulation whereby the former leased to the latter one of
her apartment units located at 117B General Luna Street,
Caloocan City. They agreed on the following: the rental is
P3,000.00 per month the leased premises is only for
residence and only a single family is allowed to occupy it.
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(a) x x x
(b) Mediation by lupon chairmanUpon
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receipt of the
complaint, the lupon chairman shall, within the next
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Petitioners filed a motion for reconsideration, contending
that a motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of
failure to refer the complaint to the Lupon for conciliation
is allowed under Section 19 of the 1991 Revised Rule on
Summary Procedure, which partly provides:
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SO ORDERED.
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Moreover, in Diu vs. Court of Appeals, we
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Moreover, in Diu vs. Court of Appeals, we held that
notwithstanding the mandate in Section 410(b) of R.A. No.
7160 that the Barangay Chairman shall constitute a
Pangkat if he fails in his mediation efforts, the same
Section 410(b) should be construed together with Section
412(a) of the same law (quoted earlier), as well as the
circumstances obtaining in and peculiar to the case. Here,
while the Pangkat was not constituted, however, the
parties met nine (9) times at the Office of the Barangay
Chairman for conciliation wherein not only the issue of
water installation was discussed but also petitioners
violation of the lease contract. It is thus manifest that
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the law which does
not require strict adherence thereto.
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