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where an appeal would be slow, inadequate, and insufficient; (e) where the issue raised is one
purely of law; (f) where public interest is involved; and (g) in case of urgency.
Thus, the CA should have given due course to and granted the petition for certiorari on two
reasons: (a) the broader interest of justice demanded it in order to avoid the undeserved grossly
unjust result that would befall the petitioners; and (b) the RTCs grant of the MTD on the ground
of lack of jurisdiction evidently constituted grave abuse of discretion amounting to excess of
jurisdiction.
For the first reason, the petitioners complaint made out a good case considering its allegations,
if duly established, might warrant reconveyance of the land to them from the petitioners, as the
title of a friar land obtained by a grantee may be assailed and nullified if found not in conformity
with the requirements set by law.
For the second, according to BP.129 as amended, the RTC has exclusive original jurisdiction
over actions involving title or possession of real property, which includes an action for quieting of
title (considering the jurisdictional amount) and the authority of the Director of Lands (now the
LMB) is limited to the administration and disposition of friar lands, and does not include actions
for reconveyance.