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The conquest
Sec.9,10 and 21 of Art.2 of the 1987 Consti.
Sovereignty and rule of the Spanish king Emphasize the crucial policy and principle of
Early Filipinos were deprived of the possession social justice a just anf dynamic social order in
and enjoyment of the fruits of their traditionally all phases of national development
held and cultivated land Equitable Distribution of wealth
Cration of Relationship
Landed estates- sec 74. And accompanying Modes of extinguishing an agricultural lease
provisions allow the acquisition of land relationship
estates by DAR; no particular
Abandonment – no knowledge on the Reclassified after June 1988 / after the passage
part of the landower of the CARP, agricultural lands, which though
Voluntary surrender – with notice there re-classified… have to go through conversion-
is an acceptable reason reclassification alone not enough, must have
Absence of successor – surviving conversion, in order not to be covered by carl
spouse, eldest direct descendant by
consanguity, next eldest descendants in
the order of their age (only absence of Reclassificatio vs Conversion
these three is the relationship
extinguished) Reclass- act specifying how agricultural land
shall be utilized for non- agricultural uses. Done
Grounds under Section 8 exclusive? by govt. agencies authorized by law
Reclassification Conversion- act of changing the current use of a
piece of agri land into some other use – done
Davao vs Sps Saliga
only by DAR
Rights
CREBA vs Sec. of Agra Reform
Security of Tenure –an employee wh
ejoys security of tenure cannot be
terminated w/o just cause After effectivilty of CARP mere reclassification
does not
Extinguishment v Dispossession
Extinguishment
None whether the land was reclassified by
No court approval
virtue of a Presidential Proclamation or by
Done through no fault of any of the
LGUs, it does not matter
parties
Due to either voluntary act of God
Gonzalo Puyat & Sons vs Alcaide Owners keep on telling their land is an
agricultural land
- The importance of conducting an
ocular inspection cannot be
understated since it is one of the steps
Junio et al vs Garilao
designed to comply with the
requirements of administrative It is settled however that a tax dec. serves only
to enable the assessor to identify a propery for
assessment levels, not to bind a provincial/ city
Some Government Agencies authorized to assessor. Consequently, even if the subject
reclassify landholding
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board What if the owners initially voluntarity offered
(HLURB) and its predecessors (Charter, Special for sale under the CARL the properties that they
Laws) thought within the coverage of CARL but in fact
not covered: answer rom vs roxas
Does leasing an area to the private corp. not List of exempt and excluded lands
make the use of the land A-D-E for the purpose
Fishponds
It depends. In the case of Central Mindanao
Univ. v DARAb the SC held that if the land is not Mangrove areas
alienable and disposable, it need not be A-D-E
Lands for National defense
used for the purpose. In any case, leasing to a
private corp. is still ADE School campuses
FISHPONDS included in CARL? The Sec. of DAR has the jurisdiction and
authority to declare exemption
- Exempted or excluded from coverage
of CARL Amendment of RA 88
rice- 3 hectares
How to exercise retention rights?
covered area- barren (di mananuman)
Consider the manner of acquisition
corn- 2 hectares
Compulsory – retention rights may be exercised
by the landowner at any time before receipt of
the notice of coverage. Otherwise, the
landowner will have a period of 60 days from e.g allowed retained area
receipt of the notice
retained area
Voluntary- retention rights must be exercised
simultaneously with the offer for sale or
transfer May retention rights be waived?
Alita v CA
While the Agrarian reform law is a remedial Voluntary Land Transfer – covered
measure promulgated pursuant to the landowners may enter to a voluntary
social justice precepts of the Constitution agreement on land transfer with qualified
beneficiaries
Almero vs Heirs of PAcquing
The transaction will involve a direct
However, notwhitstanding , homesteads
transfer, but the DAR has the duty to ensure
are not exempt from operation of agrarian
that the terms are not less favorable to the
reform. The right to retain the whole area
transferee
can only be enjoyed by the landowner or his
compulsory heirs if (1) they are still the VLT schemes were permissible only up tp
owners of the original homestead land at June 30,2009. After that, VLT is not longer
the time of the CARL took effect and (b) allowed
they continue to cultivatethe homestead
land
Identification- the land, landowners,
beneficiaries must first be identified in
What if the retained areas, there are order to start the compulsory acquisition
tenants? process