AGRARIAN REFORM LAW

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Semester, AY 2014-2015
ATTY. ALVIN T. CLARIDADES
Special Lecturer, 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
1. RA 3844, as amended by RA 6389 Code of Agrarian Reforms of the Philippines
2. PD 27 Decree Emancipating Tenants from the Bondage of the Soil
3. EO 129-A Modifying EO 129 Reorganizing and Strengthening DAR
4. EO 228 Declaring Full Land Ownership to Qualified Beneficiaries under PD 27
5. Proc. 131 Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
6. RA 6657 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program enacted on June 10, 1988
7. Sec. 2 of RA 6657, as amended by RA 9700 Declaration of Principles and Policies
8. RA 7881 Amending the CARP
9. RA 9700 Strengthening the CARP

Part Three Land Acquisition
1. Agrarian Reform Defined Sec. 3(a), RA 6657
2. Scope of the Program Sec. 4, RA 6657
3. Priorities of Coverage Sec. 7, RA 6657
4. Land Acquisition: Compulsory Acquisition Sec. 16, RA 6657
5. 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 No. 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, G.R. No. 78517, February 27, 1989
Issuance: DAR AO 2, S. 2003 2003 Rules of Procedure on Landowners Retention Rights
2. Exemptions and Exclusions Sec. 10, RA 6657
3. Sec. 3(c) of RA 6657, in relation to DOJ Opinion No. 44 s. 1990 and the case of Natalia Realty v. DAR, GR No. 103302,
August 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
Cases:
1. Milestone Farms, Inc., v. Office of the President, G.R. No. 182332. February 23, 2011
2. Luz Farms v. Sec. of Agrarian Reform, GR No. 86889, December 4, 1990
3. DAR v. Sutton, G.R. No. 162070. October 19, 2005
4. 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
Cases:
1. Central Mindanao University v. DARAB, G.R. No. 100091. October 22, 1992
2. DAR v. DECS, G.R. No. 158228. March 23, 2004
3. Province of Camarines Sur v. CA, G.R. No. 103125 May 17, 1993
4. Roxas & Company, Inc. v. DAMBA-NFSW, G.R. No. 149548. December 4, 2009

Part Five Land Valuation
1. Land Valuation under Operation Land Transfer pursuant to PD 27
2. PD 27 and EO 228: Valuation Formula under para. 4 of PD 27 and Sec. 2 of EO 228
3. Determination of Just Compensation Sec. 17, RA 6657
4. Valuation and Mode of Compensation Sec. 18, RA 6657
5. 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. No. 78742, July 14, 1989
2. Land Bank of the Phils. v. Natividad, G.R. No. 127198. May 16, 2005
3. Land Bank of the Phils. vs. CA, GR No. 118712, Oct. 6, 1995
4. Lubrica v. Land Bank of the Phils., G.R. No. 170220. November 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, G.R. No. 192890, June 17, 2013
3. Indefeasibility of Titles
Case: Estribillo v. DAR, G.R. No. 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 No. 78214, December 5, 1988
2. Gabriel v. Pangilinan, G.R. No. L-27797. August 26, 1974
3. Gelos v. CA, G.R. No. 86186. May 8, 1992
Issuance: AO 2, S. 2006 Revised Rules and Procedures Governing Leasehold Implementation in Tenanted Agricultural Lands
3. Production-Sharing Sec 32, RA 6657
4. Agribusiness Venture Arrangements (AVAs) in Agrarian Reform Areas per DAR AO 09-06

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, G.R. No. 183409. June 18, 2010
2. Ros v. DAR, G.R. No. 132477. August 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. No. 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
1. Presidential Agrarian Reform Council Secs. 41, 42, 43, 49, RA 6657
2. Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee Secs. 44 and 45, RA 6657
3. Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee Secs. 46 to 48, RA 6657
4. Department of Agrarian Reform EO 129-A dated July 26, 1987
5. 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, December 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, G.R. No. 154112. September 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
Cases:
1. Land Bank of the Phils. v. CA, GR No. 128557, December 29, 1999
2. Land Bank of the Phils. v. Celada, G.R. No. 164876. January 23, 2006
3. Land Bank of the Phils. v. Heirs of Eleuterio Cruz, G.R. No. 175175, September 29, 2008
4. Land Bank of the Phils. v. Martinez, G.R. No. 169008. August 14, 2007
5. Phil. Veterans Bank v. CA, GR No. 132767, January 18, 2000
6. Modes of Appeal/Review from the DARAB
7. Rule 43 of the Rules of Court (1997 Rules of Civil Procedure)
8. 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., G.R. No. 176838, June 13, 2013
2. Del Monte Phils. Inc. Employees Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative (DEARBC) v. Sangunay, G.R. No. 180013,
January 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