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G.R. No. 151910. October 15, 2007.
The Court held in Recto v. Republic, 440 SCRA 79 (2004), that the
blueprint copy of the cloth plan together
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3 Records, p. 1.
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within the period of six (6) months from February 16, 1976
as required by P.D. No. 892. From the records, it appears
that the instant application was recently filed.
(4) That the parcel applied for is part of the public domain
belonging to the Republic of the Philippines not subject to
private appropriation.
(5) That this application was filed beyond December 31, 1987,
the period set forth under 4Sec. 2, P.D. No. 1073 and
therefore, is filed out of time.”
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7 Id., at p. 64.
8 TSN, May 23, 1997, p. 4.
9 Records, p. 76.
10 Exhibit “I,” Id., at pp. 77-79.
11 TSN, May 23, 1997, p. 6.
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12 Id., at p. 7.
13 Records, p. 88.
14 Id., at p. 86.
15 Id., at pp. 95-96.
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II.
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16 Rollo, p. 14.
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18 Republic v. Hubilla, G.R. No. 157683, February 11, 2005, 451 SCRA
181, 184.
19 Recto v. Republic, G.R. No. 160421, October 4, 2004, 440 SCRA 79,
87, citing Republic v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. L-62680, November 9,
1988, 167 SCRA 150, 154, Republic v. Intermediate Appellate Court, 229
Phil. 20; 144 SCRA 705 (1986).
20 Annex “A-1,” Records, p. 4.
21 Annex “A-2,” Id., at p. 5.
22 Supra, note 19.
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“On the first challenge, the petitioner invokes the case of Director
of Lands v. Reyes, where it was held that “the original tracing
cloth plan of the land applied for which must be approved by the
Director of Lands was “a statutory requirement of mandatory
character” for the identification of the land sought to be
registered. As what was submitted was not the tracing cloth plan
but only the blueprint copy of the survey plan, the respondent
court should have rejected the same as insufficient.
We disagree with this contention. The Court of Appeals was
correct when it observed that in that case the applicant in effect
“had not submitted anything at all to identify the subject
property” because the blueprint presented lacked the approval of
the Director of Lands. By contrast—
x x x.”
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23 Id., at pp. 87-88, citing Republic v. Court of Appeals, supra note 19,
at pp. 153-154.
24 Director of Lands v. Intermediate Appellate Court, G.R. No. 70825,
March 11, 1991, 195 SCRA 38, 44, citing Director of Lands v. Court of
Appeals, G.R. No. 56613, March 14, 1988, 158 SCRA 568,
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It must be pointed out that in its Report dated March 6,
1997, the LRA stated that:
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29 Chavez v. Public Estates Authority, 433 Phil. 506, 545; 384 SCRA
152, 191 (2002).
30 Republic v. Tri-Plus Corporation, G.R. No. 150000, September 26,
2006, 503 SCRA 91, 101-102, citing Republic v. Naguiat, G.R. No. 134209,
January 24, 2006, 479 SCRA 585, 590.
31 Republic v. Herbieto, G.R. No. 156117, May 26, 2005, 459 SCRA 183,
199-200, citing Padilla v. Reyes, 60 Phil. 967, 969 (1934), Lee Hong Hok v.
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32 Republic v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 144057, January 17, 2005, 448
SCRA 442, 449.
33 Zarate v. Director of Lands, G.R. No. 131501, July 14, 2004, 434
SCRA 322, 332.
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