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Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT
of AGRARIAN REFORM
fllll'l1CAL ROAD, DIUMAN, QUEZON crrr TElS. 928-7031 TO 39
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Deparlffient of Agrarian Reform

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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. _Ip_
Series of 2011
SUBJECT:

THE 2011 REVISED RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING

THE CANCELLATION OF REGISTERED EMANCIPATION
PATENTS (EPs), CERTIFICATES OF LANDOWNERSHIP
AWARD (CLOAs), AND OTHER TITLES ISSUED UNDER ANY
AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM

PREFATORY STATEMENT

Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6657, as amended by R.A. No. 9700, Executive Order
(E.O.) No. 229, Presidential Decree (pD.) No. 27, E.o. No. 228, and R.A. No. 3844 as
amended by R.A. No. 6389, and other agrarian laws prescribe the manner of acquisition,
re-distribution, and award of agricultural lands to qualified farmer-beneficiaries with
corresponding rights and obligations. The awards of land to qualified beneficiaries are
evidenced by Emancipation Patents (EPs), Certificates of Landownership Award
(CLOAs), and other titles.
The titles generated and distributed pursuant to the agrarian reform program form
an integral part of the property registration system, and enjoy the same degree of
importance and weight accorded to titles issued and registered under the Torrens System.
l'vlindful that the EPs, CLOAs, and other titles issued under any agrarian reform
program possess the same degree of indefeasibility as the land titles under the property
registration decree once brought under the operation of the Torrens System, any action
intending to question the efficacy or diminish the import of said land titles must be
allowed only through direct proceedings, while strictly observing the manner hereunder
prescribed and subject only to grounds herein specified. This is bolstered by Section 24 of
R.A. No. 6657, as amended, which states, " ... the emancipation patents, the certificates of
land ownership award, and other tides issued under any agrarian reform program shall be
indefeasible and imprescriptible after one (1) year from its registration with the Office of
the Registry of Deeds subject to the conditions, limitations and qualifications of this act,
the property registration decree, and other pertinent laws."
Moreover, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary has the exclusive
and original jurisdiction on cases for cancellation of the aforesaid titles. Section 24 of R.A.
No. 6657, as amended. states: "All cases involving the cancellation of registered
emancipation patents, certificates of land ownership award, and other titles issued under
any agrarian reform program are within the exclusive and original jurisdiction of the
Secretary of the DAR". Considering, however, that the proximity to the subject
landholding of the Adjudicators of the DAR Adjudication Board (DARAB) , which

previously had jurisdiction to resolve cancellation cases) are closer than that of the
Secretary, they are now tasked to undertake the case build up therefor, but not to resolve

them, to ensure that due process is properly accorded to the parties involved.
This amendatory Administrative Order is accordingly issued to highlight the
indefeasibility of the EPs, CLOAs, and other titles distributed under agrarian reform,
emphasize due process in the cancellation proceedings, streamline the cancellation process
before the DAR Secretary, protect the interest of the fanner beneficiaries, and improve the
acceSS to justice of fanners before the DAR.

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. Coverage. - These rules of procedure ("Rules'') shall apply to all

cases involving the involuntary cancellation of registered EPs, CLOAs, and other titles
issued by the DAR under any agrarian reform program.
SECTION 2. Statement of Policies. - The cancellation of EPs, CLOAs, and
other titles issued by the DAR pursuant to agrarian refonn laws shall be governed by the
following policies:
(a)

The State recognizes the indefeasibility of EPs, CLOAs, and other titles
issued under any agrarian refonn program; and

(b)

Cancellation of registered EPs, CLOAs, and other titles issued under any
agrarian refonn program shall be strictly regulated and may be allowed only
in the manner and conditions prescribed hereunder.

SECTION 3.
Definition of Terms. following terms are defined as follows:
(a)

For purposes of these Rules, the

Agrarian Law Implementation (ALI) case - is an administrative matter

involving disputes

or controversies

such as

the identification

of

beneficiaries, exemption from coverage, and the like, In the

implementation of agrarian reform laws which falls under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the DAR Secretary or his/her authorized representative and
the Regional Director. This shall also include ALI cases covered by special
Administrative Orders (A.O.s) such as, but not limited to, cases for
exemption or exclusion from coverage.

(b)

Agrarian Reform Beneficiary - refers to fanners who were granted lands

under P.D. No. 27 and R.A. No. 6657, as amended, and regular
farmworkers who are landless, irrespective of tenurial arrangement, who

benefited from the redistribution of lands, as evidenced by an EP or a

CLOA.
(c)

Cancellation - refers to the process of annulling, invalidating, and

revoking the EPs, CLOAs, or other titles issued under any agrarian reform
program. It does not include the correction of entries in the said EPs J

CLOAs, or other titles as the same falls under the jurisdiction of the
DARAB, wherein correction therein is defined :as the process of correcting
or changing clerical or typographical errors (i.e.) wrong spelling, age, etc.) in
the EPs, CLOAs, or tides issued under any agrarian reform program
without affecting substantial rights of other interested persons.
(d)

Case Control Number - refers to the number assigned by the clerk of the
Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicator (PARAD) to the petition for
cancellation received by it for monitoring purposes and for the
determination of case folders actually transmitted by the PARAD, which
number shall be substantially adopted up to the Office of the Secretary
(OSEC) level. The case control number shall be in a format distinct from
ordinary DARAB cases.

(e)

Certificate of Finality - refers to the original or certified true copy of a

Certificate or Order of Finality issued by the Regional Director or the
Secretary, or any of their authorized representatives, or the Office of the
President of the Philippines regarding Agrarian Law Implementation (ALI)
cases appealed to it, or an Entry of Judgment issued by a judicial court
regarding ALI and other related cases.

(f)

Comment - refers to the verified responsive pleading of the respondent

either admitting or denying the allegations in the petition and setting forth
his/her defenses. Respondent may attach affidavit/ s or counter-affidavit/s
and other relevant documents to the comment, pre-marked as Exhibits
"1", "2", "3", and so forth.

(g)

Farmer Beneficiaries - refer to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs).

(h)

Final Order or Resolution - is an order or resolution that disposes of the

subject matter in its entirety or terminates a particular proceeding or action,
leaving nothing else to be done but to enforce by execution what has been
determined by the court, quasi-judicial body, or tribunal.

(i)

Exclusive Jurisdiction - is the power to adjudicate a case to the exclusion

of all other courts and quasi-judicial bodies. It is that forum in which an
action must be commenced because no other forum has the jurisdiction to
hear and determine the action.

G)

Indispensable Party - is a party who has such an interest in the

controversy or subject matter that a final adjudication cannot be made in
his absence, without injuring or affecting that interest. Agrarian reform
beneficiaries or identified beneficiaries and/or their associations are
indispensable parties in petitions for cancellation of their respective EPs}
CLOAs, or other title issued to them under any agrarian reform program.
The fact of non-registration of such associations with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Cooperative Development Authority, or any other
concerned government agency, shall not be used against them to deny the
existence of their legal standing and interest in a case filed before the DAR.

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(k)

Investigation Proceeding - is the process of verifying the allegations in

the petition and the comment.
Misuse of the Land - is any act causing substantial and unreasonable
damage on the land, and causing the deterioration and depletion of its soil
fertility and improvements thereon.

(m)

Necessary Patty - is not an indispensable party but ought to be a party if

complete relief is to be accorded as to those already parties, or for a
complete determination or settlement of the claim subject of the action.
Except when the concerned Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO)
is himself the petitioner, in caSeS for cancellation, the PARO shall be
impleaded as party-respondent where it would be incumbent upon him to
defend the propriety of the issuance of the subject title. All oppositors to
an EP or CWA shall be impleaded as a necessary party.

(n)

Neglect or Abandonment - refers to a clear and absolute intention to

renounce a right or a claim, or to abandon a right or property coupled with
an external act by which that intention is expressed or carried into effect.
Intention to abandon implies a departure, with the avowed intent of never
returning, resuming or claiming the right and the interest that have been
abandoned. It consists in anyone of these conditions: (a) failure to
cultivate the lot due to reasons other than the non-suitability of the land to
agricultural purposes, for at least two (2) calendar years, and to pay the
amortizations for the same period; (b) permanent transfer of residence by
the beneficiary and his family, which has rendered him incapable of
cultivating the lot; or (c) relinquishment of possession of the lot for at least
two (2) calendar years and failure to pay the amortization for the same
period.

(0)

Nominal Patty - refers to the party to an action who is connected to the

case, but without any interest or prejudice, so that the tribunal can resolve
certain issues or have all the evidence proved with his help to give a proper
judgment. This nominal party will not be affected by the result of the case
and is not at fault or considered for any benefits out of it. In cases for
cancellation, the Register of Deeds (ROD) of the place where the land
covered by EPs, CLOAs, or titles sought to he cancelled is situated must
be impleaded as party-respondent.

(p)

Original Jurisdiction - is the power to take cognizance of a case at its

inception, try it, and pass judgment thereon upon the Jaw and facts.

(q)

Pauper or Indigent Litigant - is a party who is a farmer, agricultural

lessee, tenant, fann worker, actual tiller, occupant, collective or cooperative
of the foregoing beneficiaries, or amortizing owner-cultivator, and who

shall allege in the verified complaint/petition or sworn statement such fact

without need of further proof.
(r)

Petition for Cancellation - is a verified pleading alleging the grounds

relied upon hy the petitioner in seeking the cancellation of the suhject EPs,
CLOAs, or other titles issued under any agrarian reform program, which

shall be duly supported by original or certified true or photocopies of

relevant documents together with aflidavits of witnesses, and accordingly
pre-marked as Exhibits "An, "B n, "en, and so forth.
The petition must include as party-respondents the concerned holders or
successors-in-interest of EPs, CLOAs, or other titles issued under any
agrarian reform program.
(s)

Premature Conversion - refers to the undertaking of any development

activity, the result of which may modify or alter the physical characteristics
of the agricultural land as would render it suitable for non-agricultural
purposes, without an approved conversion order from the DAR, pursuant
to Section 11 ofRA No. 8435.

(t)

Re-allocation - refers to the process of substituting the farmer

beneficiary on a specific landholding because the said beneficiary is found
to be disqualified in an administrative proceeding. The grounds for re
allocation include but are not limited to the following: (1) abandonment,
(2) waiver of rights to become a beneficiary, and (3) commission of
illegal transactions such as the transfer of rights or ownership of the
awarded land without the written consent and approval of the DAR
Regional Director concerned.

ARTICLE II
GROUNDS FOR CANCELLATION

SECTION 4. Grounds. - The following are the grounds for the cancellation of
EPs, CLOAs, and other titles issued under any agrarian reform program:
1.

The landholding involves the retention area of the landowner provided

that the retention right was exercised by the latter within the period
allowed by the applicable laws or rules from the receipt of the Notice of
Coverage;

2.

The landholding is excluded or exempted from coverage of CARP, P.D.

No. 27, or any other agrarian reform laws provided that the application for
exclusion thereof was filed within the period allowed by the applicable laws
or rules from receipt of the Notice of Coverage;

3.

Defective Notices of Coverage (NOCs) due to, among others, improper

service thereof, or erroneous identification of the landowner or
landholding, provided, that the outcome of the cancellation proceeding
shall not prejudice the CARP coverage of the subject landholding;

4.

The landholding is outside the authority of the DAR to dispose of, as the
same falls under the exclusive authority of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) or the National
Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP);

5.

Erroneously-issued titles as a result of:

(a)

erroneous technical description of the covered landholding; or

(b)

the cancellation of the landowner's title prior to the issuance of the

Certificate of Deposit (COD), in the case of CLOAs;

6.

Misuse or diversion of financial and support services extended to ARBs

pursuant to Section 37 of R.A. No. 6657, as amended;

7.

Misuse of the land;

8.

Material misrepresentation of the ARB's basic qualifications as provided

under Section 22 of R.A. No. 6657, as amended, P.D. No. 27, and other
agrarian laws;

9.

Premature conversion by the ARB pursuant to Section 73 (F) of R.A. No.

6657, as amended and Section 11 ofR.A. No. 8435;

10.

Sale, transfer, lease, or any other form of conveyance by a beneficiary of

the right of ownership, right to use, or any other usufructuary right over
the land acquired by virtue of being a beneficiary, in order to violate or
circumvent the provisions of Sections 27 and 73 of R.A. No. 6657, as
amended, PD. No. 27, and other agrarian laws;

11.

Deliberate

and

absolute

non-payment

of

three

(3)

consecutive

amortizations in case of voluntary land transfer/direct payment scheme,

provided that the ARB has been installed and is in actual possession of the
land, and provided further that the last proviso will not apply if the non
possession of the ARB is attributable to his or her own fault;
12.

Deliberate and absolute failure of the ARB to pay at least three (3) annual
amortizations to the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), provided an
amortization table has been issued to the ARB, and provided further that
the amortizations shall start one (1) year from the ARB's actual occupancy
pursuant to Section 26 ofR.A. No. 6657, as amended;

13.

Neglect or abandonment of the awarded land as defined by Section 3(n); or

14.

Acts analogous to the foregoing.

ARTICLE III
PROCEDURE

SECTION 5. Indefeasibility, A Bar to Cancellation Proceedings. - EPs,

CWAs, and other titles issued under any agrarian reform program shall be indefeasible
and imprescriptible after one (1) year from its registration with the Office of the Register
of Deeds (ROD). Accordingly, the DAR Secretary shall not entertain any action for the
cancellation of EPs, CLOAs, and titles after the lapse of the said one (1) year period,

except for cases involving Sections 4.4 to 4.14 of these Rules. The said one (1) year
period, however, shall be interrupted upon the filing of any:
1.

ALI case, with a prayer for the cancellation of the title, involving only the
grounds mentioned in Section 4.1 to 4.3, with the Regional Director or the
DAR Secretary; or

2.

other case with any court, office, or tribunal other than the Regional
Director or the DAR Secretary, where the latter two has no jurisdiction,
involving the grounds mentioned in Section 4.1 to 4.3 only.

This period shall likewise be deemed interrupted with respect to all pending ALI
cases involving the grounds mentioned in Section 4.1 to 4.3 at the time these Rules take
into effect.
Nothing in this provision may be used to unduly delay the ripening of the
indefeasibility of a title.

SECTION 6. ALI Cases Covering The Grounds Mentioned In Section 4.

All ALI cases pending with the Office of the Regional Director of the DAR, involving any
of the grounds mentioned in Section 4 of Article II, insofar as there are already registered
EPs or CLOAs covering the subject landholding, shall be dismissed with instructions to
fIle a verified Petition for Cancellation in accordance with this A.O.
SECTION 7. Initiation Of A Cancellation Case. - A cancellation case shall
be initiated by the filing of a verified Petition for Cancellation and the payment of the
filing fee, if necessary.
The verified Petition shall be fIled with the Office of the PARAD who has
jurisdiction' over the place where the land covered by the EPs, CLOAs, or other titles
sought to be cancelled is located.
The Disclosure Statement stated in Section 8 of this A.O. must be attached to the
verified Petition.
The documentary and evidentiary requirements mandated by the appropriate
A.O.s governing the ALI component of the cancellation case must also be attached to the
verified Petition. The party initiating the cancellation case must understand that the
different grounds stated in Section 4 of this A.O. have documentary and evidentiary
requirements that are provided by the other A.O.s governing the ALI component thereof.
Failure, therefore, to attach such documentary and evidentiary requirements as mandated
by the appropriate A.O.s may result in the dismissal of the case for failure of the petitioner
to show proof of his/her/its cause of action.
In the event any of these requirements are lacking, the PARAD shall issue an
Interlocutory Order requiring the petitioner to submit them. The failure of the PARAD
to issue such Interlocutory Order, or the failure of the petitioner to receive the same, shall
not prevent the dismissal of the cancellation case on the ground that the petitioner failed
to prove his/her/its cause of action.

At least five (5) copies of the petttlOn must be prepared and filed with the
PARAD. If there is more than one (1) respondent, more copies should be prepared and
filed by the petitioner in order to provide all of them with a copy.
SECTION 8. Disclosure Statement. - The petitioner shall disclose and certify
under oath, in the petition or its integral annex, that
(a)

He is a party-in-interest or properly authorized hy a party-in-interest;

(b)

He has not commenced and/or is aware of any other action or proceeding

involving the same land, or a portion thereof. or issue in any court,
tribunal, or quasi-judicial agency; and to the best of his knowledge, no such
action or proceeding is pending in any court, tribunal, or quasi-judicial
agency;

(c)

If there is any action or proceeding which is either pending or may have

been terminated, he shall state the status thereof; and

(d)

If he thereafter learns that a similar action or proceeding has been filed or

is pending before any court, tribunal, or quasi-judicial agency, he
undertakes to report that fact within five (5) days therefrom to the DAR
Office where the case for cancellation is pending.

The failure to file the required disclosure statement, and/or the commission of
acts constituting forum shopping, shall be a ground for dismissal of the cancellation case
without prejudice.
SECTION 9. Who May File A Petition For Cancellation. - The verified
petition for cancellation may be filed by any party in interest with respect to the title of the
land, such as, but not limited to, the following:
(a)

The person granted or applying for retention;

(b)

The person whose land was declared exempted or excluded from the
coverage of R.A. No. 6657, as amended, or of PD. No. 27, or who is
applying for such exemption or exclusion thereunder;

(c)

Qualified farmer-beneficiaries who have been determined as legally entitled

to the generated and issued CLOA, or persons applying for inclusion as a
farmer-beneficiary;

(d)

Re-allocatees of the awarded land pursuant to PD. No. 27, or persons

applying for re-allocation under the same law;

(e)

Actual tillers or occupants of the subject land; or

(f)

Provincial Agrarian Reform Officers (PAROs) or the Regional Directors

(RDs) with respect to those cases involving any of the grounds under
Sections 4.5 to 4.14 or pursuant to a lawful Order.

SECTION 10.
Filing Fee. - A filing fee of Three Thousand Pesos
(php3,OOO.OO) shall be paid by the petitioner to the DAR Provincial Oftice Cashier, except
if the petitioner is the government or any of its officials or employees in the exercise of its
or their official function or in case the petitioner is a pauper litigant, in which case the
payment of the filing fee shall be waived.
SECTION 11. Cancellation with Final Judgment in an ALI Case. - In the
event that there is already a prior and final determination of an ALl case involving any of
the grounds mentioned in Section 4 of Article II, the petitioner may file an action for
cancelbtion in accordance with these Rules by filing a petition together with the following
duly marked documents:
1.

Original or certified true copy of the fmal and executory Order or

Resolution of the DAR Regional Director, DAR Secretary, or the court;

2.

Certificate of Finality;

3.

Original owner's duplicate or certified true copy of the EPs, CLOAs, ot

any other titles sought to be cancelled;

4.

Official Receipt issued for the payment of the corresponding ftling fee,
unless the petitioner is a pauper or indigent litigant; and

5.

Any other relevant documents that may support the petition for
cancellation.

SECTION 12. Assignment of Case Control Number. - Within the same day
of receipt of the verified petition and, if applicable, proof of payment of the filing fee, the
clerk of the PARAD shall assign a Case Control Number for monitoring purposes.
SECTION 13. Issuance of Notice. - The PARAD shall tetain two (2) copies of
the petition, and the test to be served upon the respondents, ROD, and PARO concerned.
The EP ot CLOA holder must be deemed as a tespondent.
The PARAD shall, within five (5) days from receipt of proof of the verified
petitions and full payment of the ftling fee, issue a Notice to Comment, attaching thereto a
copy of the petition and supporting documents, if any, pre-marked as exhibits "A") "E",
"C", and so forth.
The aforesaid Notice shall direct the respondent(s) and concerned ROD to ftle a
verified Comment to the petition, attaching thereto duly marked documentary evidence
marked as exhibits "1", "2", "3" and so forth within a non-extendible period of fifteen
(15) days from receipt thereof, furnishing a copy to the petitioner. The same Notice shall
infonn the party that the component ALl case of the cancellation case may be governed
by other A.O.s and he/she is therefore advised to review the said A.O.s. The
recommended fonn of said Notice is attached hereto as Fonn 2.
SECTION 14. Service of Notice. - The PARAD shall immediately instruct his
Sheriff to serve the Notice to Comment, together with the petition and marked exhibits, to
the respondent(s) and concerned ROD. Service of the Notice to Comment shall be made
to the respondents through the following persons:

(1)

Service upon the respondent who is a natural person - The Notice shall be
served to the respondent;

(2)

Service upon co-owners of collective CLOAs - In case the CLOA-holder

of the landholding are multiple persons as co-owners, the Notice shall be
served upon each and every registered co-owner, unless one is specifically
authorized, in a written public document, to receive for the co-owners;

(3)

Service upon minors - When the respondent is a minor, service shall be

made upon him/her personally and to his/her father and/or mother,
whoever has lawful custody of the said minor, If the respondent has no
parents, service shall be made upon him/her personally and to his/her
legal guardian if he/she has one, or, if none, upon his/her guardian ad
litem whose appointment shall be applied for by the DAR;

(4)

Service upon incompetents - When the respondent is insane or otherwise

incompetent, service shall be made upon him/her personally and to
his/her legal guardian if he/ she has one, or, if none, upon his/her guardian
ad litem whose appointment shall be applied for by the DAR;

(5)

Service upon entity without juridical personality - When the respondents

who are persons associated through an entity without juridical personality
are issued a Notice under the name by which they are generally or
commonly known, service may be effected upon all the respondents by
serving upon anyone of them, or upon the person in charge of the office
or place of business maintained in such name, provided that service shall
not individually bind any person whose connection with the entity has,
upon due notice, been severed before the proceeding was brought;

(6)

Service upon domestic private juridical entity - When the respondent is a

corporation, partnership, or association organized under the laws of the
Philippines with a juridical personality, service may be made on the
president, managing partner, general manager,
treasurer, or in-house counsel; and

(7)

corporate

secretary,

Service upon the Estate of a deceased respondent - When the respondent

is an Estate of a deceased person, the Notice shall be served to:
1.

if the settlement of the Estate is currently pending with the court,

the Executor or the Administrator of the Estate; or

2.

if the Estate is not pending with the court or if there is no executor

or administrator, the Notice shall be served to all known heirs and
shall also be published.

The Notice to Comment shall be served personally. If the person authorized to

receive cannot be found at the date of service, it shall be, on the same day, served
personally to any person of suitable age and discretion who is residing at the residence of

the Respondent, or with some competent person in charge at the place of business of the
Respondent. In the case of juridical entities the substituted service of said Notice shall be
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made to a competent petson in charge of the office of those mentioned in Section 14 (6)
hereof.
If the respondent cannot be personally served with the Notice to Comment,
service shall be effected by publication, the Notice following the form stated in Annex
"A" of this A.a. In case the Sheriff effects the service by publication, he must submit a
report to the PARAD explaining in detail the efforts he has made to personally serve the
said Notice. The published Notice shall include instructions on how the Respondent may
get a copy of the verified Petition from the PARAD. The expenses for the publication of
the Notice to Comment shall be borne by the petitioner, unless the latter is a pauper or
indigent litigant.

The Sheriff or any personnel of the DAR that may be authorized by the Sheriff
shall post on the bulletin board of the Barangay Hall where the land covered by the EP,
CLOA, or other title of the land sought to be cancelled is located, a 72.39 by 57.15
centimeters (28.5 x 22.5 inches) notice stating the following both in English and in the
local dialect:
<eTa all concerned,

[Original/Transfer] Certificate of Title No. CLOA-,

_
registered in the name of
is currently the subject of
a cancellation proceeding with the Department of Agrarian Reform with
case number

The above-mentioned farmer-beneficiary and all other respondents

are required to submit their verified comments on or
before
with the Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicator
located at
.
Removal of this notice is punishable by law.

PARAD of

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The Barangay Secretary shall execute a certificate of posting (containing, among

others, the date when the notice was posted at the bulletin board). The Sheriff shall
collect the said certification and take photographs of the posted notice and submit them to
thePARAD.
The petitioner shall cause the production of a billboard, preferably made of
t'upaulin or any visible waterproof and environmentally-friendly material, measuring 60.96
by 91.44 centimeters (2 x 3 feet), containing the same message as the notice posted on the
Barangay Hall billboard, and install the same at a conspicuous location along the premises
of the landholding within three (3) days from his filing of his verified petition. He shall
thereafter take at least three (3) photographs of the same notice and submit them to the
PARAD no later than five (5) days from the filing of his verified petition. The petitioner
may seek the assistance of the DAR in case there is probable cause to believe that the
installation of the billboard will be confronted with violence.

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The Sheriff shall submit a report to the PARAD on the mode of service used for
said Notice, and the fact of transmittal of the notice to the Barangay Secretary concerned.
For those respondents who did not receive the Notice to Comment personally, the
date of publication or the posting at the bulletin board or the installation of the tarpaulin
billboard, whichever is later, shall be deemed the date of receipt of the same.
SECTION 15. Time to Comment. - The respondent has fifteen (15) days from
receipt of the aforesaid Notice to file or submit his or her verified Comment to the
PARAD. The failure to submit the Comment shall be deemed a general denial of the
material allegations of the petition.
SECTION 16. Infonnation about the Parties or their Counsel. - The counsel
of the Parties, or, if none, the Parties themselves, must indicate in their verified petition or
their comment, whichever is applicable, their name, address, electronic mail address,
telephone numbers, and fax numbers.

SECTION 17. Case Folder Build-Up. - The clerk of the PARAD is tasked
with the preparation of a complete Case Folder, which must contain the following:
(a)

Official Receipt as proof of payment, except those exempted from

payment of filing fees under Section 10 of these Rules;

(b)

Verified Petition with Disclosure Statement;

(c)

Verified Comment;

(d)

Valid authorization by a person allowed by Section 9 of these Rules to file

a cancellation case, in case the person filing is acting on behalf of the said
person;

(e)

Notices, and proof of service and receipt of said notices;

(f)

Owner's Duplicate Copy or certified photocopy of EPs, CLOAs, or other

titles;

(g)

Memorandum;

(b)

Marked documentary exhibits;

(i)

The photographs of the notices as mentioned in Section 14 of these Rules;

0)

Either:
a.

Documentary requirements of A.O.s governing the component

ALI case; or

b.

If the case is med in accordance with Section 11 hereof:

I.

Original or certified true or photocopy of final and

executory orders and resolutions; and

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ii.

Original or certitied true or photocopy of Certificate of

Finality; and

(k)

Other pertinent documents.

In the event that any of the above-mentioned documents are missing, the PARAD
shall issue an Interlocutory Order requiring the petitioner or any of the respondents to
submit those missing documents. The failure of the PARAD to issue such Interlocutory
Order, or the failure of a party to receive such Order, shall not be an excuse for the said
party, who has the primary responsibility to submit all necessary documents, to provide
these.
Upon completion of the Case Folder, the clerk of the PARAD shall cause the
arranging of each document therein in chronological order according to date of receipt, and
affix his initial on each and every page. When for special reasons a particular document in
the records requires that it be free from any form of marking, the affixing of initials shall be
made only upon photocopies thereof, with the originals placed in a separate envelope while
said photocopies shall form part of the case folder.
SECTION 18. Transmittal of Case Folder to the Regional Director, rhe
RCLUPPI, the CLUPPI, or the BALA. - The PARAD shall prepare a Transmittal
Letter accompanying the Case Folder, particularly stating dlerein dle parties involved, the

number and description of the contents of the Case Folder, and the number of pages
contained therein.
Thereafter, the PARAD shall, within ten (10) days from the
completion of the Case Folder, forward the same to:
(1)

The Regional Director who has jurisdiction over the subject landholding, if
the cancellation case is filed on the grounds mentioned in Section 4 (I), (3),
(4), (5), (6), IJ), (8), (10), (11), (12), and (13) of this A.a.;

(2)

The Regional Center for Land Use Policy Planning and Implementation
(RCLUPPI), Center for Land Use Policy Planning and Implementation
(CLUPPI), or the Regional Director, depending on who has jurisdiction
over the component exclusion or exemption case of the cancellation case,

as vested by the governing A.a., if the said cancellation case is filed on the
ground mentioned in Section 4 (2) of this A.a.;
(3)

The RCLUPPI (if the size of the subject landholding is five [5] hectares or
less) or the CLUPPI (if the size of the subject landholding is more than
five [5] hectares), if the cancellation case is filed on the ground mentioned
in Section 4 (9) of this AD.; and

(4)

The Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance (BALA), if the cancellation case

is filed in accordance with Section 11 of this A.a. In such case, the BALA
shall proceed with the procedure set by Section 22 of this A.a.

The PARAD shall keep for his file one Case Folder containing photocopies of the
original Case Folder.

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SECTION 19. Absence of a PARAD. - In the event that the PARAD

concerned needs to inhibit on the case, or that there is a vacancy in the Office of the
PARAD concerned and no radiating Adjudicator has yet been designated, then the
functions of the PARAD in Sections 3 (d), 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, and 42 hereof shall be
delegated to the Regional Agrarian Refonn Adjudicator (RARAD) of the place where the
land covered by the EPs, CLOAs, or other titles sought to be cancelled is located.
SECTION 20. Investigation By the Regional Director, RCLUPPI, or
CLUPPI. - The Regional Director, RCLUPPI, or CLUPPI, whomever or whichever the
Case Folder was transmitted to, shall conduct an ocular inspection (OCI), if necessary,
after giving all the parties prior notice thereof. The said Regional Director, RCLUPPI, or
CLUPPI may use video recordings during the ocr, together with an affidavit of
authentication from the person recording the video, both of which shall form part of the
ocr Report. If an OCI is conducted, the said Regional Director, RCLUPPI, or CLUPPI
shall prepare the Report thereon within ten (10) days from the date the ocr was
conducted.
No hearing may be conducted by the said Regional Director, RCLUPPI, or
CLUPPI in the course of the investigation. The parties may submit, at this time, amended
or supplemental position papers, at their own instance or upon the request of the Regional
Director, RCLUPPI, or CLUPPL Proof of service to the opposing parties of the
aforementioned amended or supplemental position paper must be attached to that filed
with the DAR. The position paper shall not be accepted without the said proof of service.
The opposing party may submit a Comment to the said positio.n paper within fifteen (15)
days from their receipt thereof, furnishing a copy of the same to the other party.
SECTION 21. Investigation Report and Recommendation. - Upon
tenninahon of the investigation proceedings, or if no investigation is conducted) the
Regional Director, RCLUPPI, or CLUPPI, whomever or whichever the Case Folder was
transmitted to, shall prepare an Investigation Report for transmittal to the BALA,
containing therein the factual findings and observations regarding the case. The said
Regional Director, RCLUPPI, or CLUPPI, must also provide a Recommendation as to
how the AU component should be resolved.
The
Investigation
investigation
Investigation
BALA.

said Regional Director, RCLUPPI, or CLUPPI, shall include his/its

Report and Recommendation and the minutes of proceedings of the
in the Case Folder. Within five (5) days from the execution of the
Report and Recommendation, the Case Folder shall be transmitted to the

The said Regional Director, RCLUPPI, or CLUPPI shall keep for his file one Case
Folder containing photocopies of the original Case Folder.
SECTION 22. Pagination and Indexing of Case Folders. - Upon receipt of
the Case Folder, the BALA shall substantially adopt the Case Control Number previously
assigned therefor. For this purpose, the BALA shall maintain a Docket Book containing
the docket numbers assigned for each case, the details of the petition, and the date the
Case Folder was received.
The BALA shall cause the arranging of each document therein in chronological
order according to date of receipt, and inscribe a page number n and initial each and every

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page. When for special reasons a particular document in the records requires that it be free
from any form of marking, the pagination and affixing of initials shall be made only upon
photocopies thereof, with the originals placed in a separate envelope while said photocopies
shall fonn part of the case folder. He shall also prepare a table of contents, which shall be
placed immediately after the Endorsement by the BALA of the Case Folder.
The BALA shall, within fifteen (15) days from its receipt of the Case Folder,
transmit the arranged, paginated, and indexed Case Folder to the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Legal Affairs (ASEC-LAO).
SECTION 23. Conduct of Clarificatory Hearing. - The DAR Undersecretary
for Legal Affairs, when he deems it necessary or upon the recommendation of the
Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs, may conduct a hearing for clarification, issue
interlocutory orde.rs, and require submission of additional evidence. He may authorize the
Legal Division Chief of the Provincial or Regional Office or the PARAD or RARAD
concerned, to conduct such hearings, if the Undersecretary deems it necessary.
For this purpose, the official record of the proceedings conducted shall be kept
and form part of the case folder.
SECTION 24. Review, Findings, and Recommendation by ASEC-LAO.
The ASEC-LAO shall conduct a review, evaluation, and thorough assessment of the
entire case records. Thereafter, the ASEC-LAO shall prepare its findings and
recommendation and transmit the same to the Office of the Undersecretary for Legal
Affairs (USEC-LAO).
SECTION 25. Review, Findings, and Recommendation by USEC-LAO.
The USEC-LAO shall conduct its own review, evaluation, and thorough assessment of the
entire case records. Thereafter, the USEC-LAO shall prepare its findings and
recommendation.
SECTION 26. Transmittal of Case Folder with Findings and
Recommendation to the DAR Secretary. - The USEC-LAO shall, within five (5) days
from the completion of its aforesaid recommendation, transmit the same, together with
the Case Folder, to the DAR Secretary. The date of such transmittal shall be considered
the date when the case is deemed submitted for resolution. Such date shall be indicated in
the Department's website and/ or the case monitoring system.
SECTION 27. Decision. - The DAR Secretary shall render a Decision by
issuing an Order and furnishing a copy thereof by registered mail and, if available,
electronic mail, to the parties' counsel or representatives, as well as the parties

themselves and the DAR officials who took part in the proceedings. The soft copy of
the Order transmitted to the parties by electronic mail shall merely serve as advance
notice thereof, as the actual date of receipt of the hard copy sent by registered mail shall
be the basis for the determination of the period to file either a motion for
reconsideration or an appeal.
In case a copy of the Order sent by registered mail is unclaimed and is returned
to the DAR Secretary, the caption and the dispositive portion thereof shall be
published in a newspaper of general circulation. The date of the publication shall be

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deemed as the time the Order is received by the party who failed to receive it by
registered mail.
When the cancellation of a CIDA is based on Section 4 (5) (b) hereof, and there is no
finding that the COD should not be or should not have been issued, the DAR Secretaty shall
not issue the Order until a COD has been issued. A certified true copy of the COD must be
attached to the Order of the DAR Secretaty, especially the copies of the Order that shall be
furnished to the parties.

ARTICLE IV

DISQUALIFICATION OF THE SECRETARY AS TO

THE ALI COMPONENT OF THE CANCELLATION CASE

SECTION 28. Disqualification of the Secretary As To The ALI Component

of the Cancellation Case. - In cancellation cases other than those falling under Section
11 of this A.a., where in the Secretary's sound discretion, there are just and valid grounds
to believe he might be induced to act in favor of one parry or with bias or prejudice against
a parry arising out of circumstances reasonably capable of inciting such a state of mind, he
must inhibit from deciding the ALI component of the case by putting such fact and reason
into writing and incorporating it in the case folder.
Thereafter, it sball be incumbent upon the Undersecretary of Legal Affairs to
render a Decision as to the ALI component of the case.
The Undersecretary of Legal Affairs may reconsider his Decision, upon proper
motion in accordance with the ALI Rules of Procedure. The aforementioned Decision
may also be appealed to the Office of the President in accordance with the rules and
procedures that are set forth by the latter.
The issue as to the cancellation proper of the EP, CLOA, or other title issued
under any agrarian refonn program shall be suspended until such time that a final and
executory decision has been rendered on the ALI component of the case.

ARTICLE V

PROHIBITED MOTIONS

SECTION 29.
allowed:

Prohibited Motions. - The following motions shall not be

(a)

Motion to declare respondent in default or for default judgment;

(b)

All motions filed before the Comment;

(c)

Motion for extension of time to file an appeal, a motion for

reconsideration, or a memorandum; and

(d)

Second Motion for Reconsideration.

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In case any party files any of the prohibited Motions, the PARAD, Regional
Director, RCLUPPI, CLUPFI, BALA, Undersecretary for Legal Affairs, or the Secretary,
whomever or whichever has the Case Folder, shall accept the written motion and include
it in the Case Folder, but he/it shall not act upon the matter.

ARTICLE VI

GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL

SECTION 30. Dismissal of Petition. - The petition for cancellation may be

denied by the DAR Secretary on the following grounds:
1.

If, in an action for cancellation falling under Section 11 of Article III, the
petitioner failed to submit any of the following documents:
(a)

Original, certified true, or photocopies of the final and executory

Order and Resolution of the DAR Regional Director, DAR Secretary,
or the courts;

(b)

Certificate of Finality;

(c)

Original owner's duplicate or certified true copy of the EPs,

CLOAs, or any other titles sought to be cancelled;

(d)

Official Receipt issued for the payment of the corresponding filing fee,
unless the petitioner is exempt under Section 10 of Article III of
these Rules; and

(e)

Any other relevant documents that may support the petition for
cancellation;

2.

Failure to pay filing fee;

3.

Failure to comply with Section 8 of Article III of these Rules;

4.

Failure to submit the docwnentary requirements mandated by other A.o.s

governing the AU component of the case.; or

5.

When the petition for cancellation was filed after the one (1) year period as
provided under Article III, Section 5 of these Rules, save those instances
covered by Article II, Sections 4.4 to 4.14 hereof.

ARTICLE VII

DIRECT ORDER OF CANCELLATION

SECTION 31. Direcr Cancellation. - The procedures in Articles III, IV, and V
notwithstanding, the Secretary may, in resolving an appeal of an ALI case decision of a
Regional Director, order the cancellation of an EP, CLOA, or any other title issued under
any agrarian reform program, provided that all of the following conditio,,!!s are present:

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1.

The decision of the Secretary in the appealed ALI case shall result in the
cancellation of the EP, CLOA, or other title issued under any agrarian
refonn program; and

2.

The holder of the EP, CLOA, or other title is given the right to be heard
through the procedures set by Section 32 of this A.O.

SECTION 32. Order to Comment. - To ensure that due process is afforded to

the holder of the EP, CLOA, or other title issued under any agrarian reform program that
may be cancelled, if the Secretary, pending resolution of an ALI case appealed from the
decision of a Regional Director, detennines that:
1.

A possible decision of the Secretary in the appealed ALI case shall result in
the cancellation of the EP, CLOA, or other title issued under any agrarian
refonn program; and

2.

The holder of the EP, CLOA, or other title is a party to the appealed ALI
case,

he shall issue an Interlocutory Order directing the PARAD to:

1.

inform the holder of the EP, CLOA, or other title, through a Notice that
shall be served in the same mauner as the service of a Notice to Comment
provided Section 14 of this A.O., that the pending ALI case is being
considered by the OSEC as a cancellation case, and direct him/her to
submit to the OSEC, with a copy furnished to the opposing party, within
thirty (30) days from receipt thereof, a Comment on the issue of the ALI
case and the possibility of the cancellation of the his/her awarded title as a
consequence of an adverse decision in the case;

11.

post Notices in the landholding and on the bulletin board of the Barangay
Hall that the subject landholding is a subject of a cancellation case.

The opposing party may fue a Reply to the Comment within fifteen (15) days from
his receipt thereof without the need of an Order from the OSEe.

ARTICLE VIII

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

SECTION 33. Motion for Reconsideration. - A party may file ouly one (1)
Motion for Reconsideration of the Order of the DAR Secretary to cance! the EP, CLOA,
or other title issued under any agrarian refonn program, within a period of fifteen (15)
days from receipt thereof, furnishing a copy of the motion to all other parties' counselor
representative. The filing of the Motion for Reconsideration shall interrupt thc running of
the reglementary period within which to file a notice of appeal.
SECTION 34. Comment on Motion for Reconsideration. - The adverse party
may file a Comment on the Motion for Reconsideration within a non-extendible period of

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ten (10) days from receipt thereof. No Order from the DAR Secretary is necessary for a
party to file a Comment.
SECTION 35. Resolution of the Motion for Reconsideration. - The DAR
Secretary shall resolve the Motion for Reconsideration by issuing an Order/Resolution in
due course, furnishing a copy thereof by registered mail and, if available, electronic mail, to
the parties' counsel or representative as well as the parties themselves and the DAR
officials who took part in the proceedings. The soft copy of the Order transmitted to the
parties by electronic mail shall merely serve as advance notice thereof, as the actual date of
receipt of the hard copy sent by registered mail shall be the basis for the determination of
the period to file an appeal.
In case a copy of the Order sent by registered mail is unclaimed and is returned to
the DAR Secretary, the caption and the dispositive portion thereof shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation. The date of the publication shall be deemed as the time
the Order is received by the party who failed to receive it by registered mail.

ARTICLE IX

APPEAL

SECTION 36. Appeal ofthe Decision of the DAR Secretary. - The Order or
Resolution of the DAR Secretary may be appealed [0 the Office of the President, in
accordance with the rules and procedures that are set forth by the latter.

ARTICLE X

FINALITY

SECTION 37. Finality. - The Order or Resolution of the DAR Secretary shall
become final and executory upon the expiration of the period to appeal therefrom if no
appeal has been duly perfected.
SECTION 38. Order of Finality. - The BALA shall issue an Order of Finality
upon any party's formal reguest and presentation of proof that no appeal to the Office of
the President has been filed before the period to appeal expired.

ARTICLE XI

EXECUTION

SECTION 39. Execution. - If the Order or Resolution of the DAR Secretary

becomes final and executory in accordance with Article IX hereof, the BALA, on motion
or molu proprio, shall issue a Writ of Implementation.
If an appeal has been duly perfected and finally resolved, the execution may forthwith be
applied by filing a Motion for the Issuance of a Writ of Implementation with the Undersecretary
for Legal Affairs within five (5) years from the date of entry of the final decision.

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After the lapse of the five (5) year reglementary period, a party may file an action
for the execution of a final decision on the Cancellation case with the Office of the
Secretary at any time prior to it being barred by the statute of limitations.
The Writ of Implementation shall direct the concerned Registry of Deeds to cancel
the EP, CLOA, or other title issued pursuant to any agrarian reform program. The PARO
concerned shall effect the necessary actions in order to implement the DAR Secretary's
Order.
SECTION 40. Writ of Possession and Writ of Demolition. - After the
issuance of the Writ of Implementation, the BALA, on motion or motu proprio, may issue a
Writ of Possession and/or a Writ of Demolition directing the Sheriff of the concerned
PARAD to install the rightful titleholder of the subject landholding.
SECTION 41. Enforcement of a Partial Cancellation. - Whenever the Order
of cancellation pertains only to a portion of an awarded land, or, in case of a collective
CLOA, only to the inchoate portion thereof of one or more, but not all, of the ARBs, the
Writ of Implementation shall direct the:
1.

PARO concerned to issue a new EP or CLOA coveting the area not

cancelled or in the name of the ARBs whose right to the said award are not
terminated by the cancellation Order; and

2.

Register of Deeds concerned to cancel the entire affected EP or CLOA

and to register that issued by the PARO.

ARTICLE XII

PROVISIONAL RELIEF

SECTION 42. Temporary Restraining Order. - At any time prior to the

transmittal of the PARAD of a Case Folder to the OSEC, in cases where any party may
immediately suffer grave or irreparable damage, or where the performance or continuance
of certain acts will render the case moot and academic, or where there is a need to
maintain peace and order and prevent injury or loss of life or property, the PARAD may,
at the instance of any party, issue a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), which shall be
only be effective for a nonextendible period of seventytwo (72) hours, to prevent grave
and irreparable damage. During such period, the party may file for a Cease and Desist
Order with the OSEC or USECLAO.
SECTION 43. Cease and Desist Order. - At any time prior to either the finality
of the Order of the Secretary or the perfection of an appeal, in cases where any party may
suffer grave or irreparable damage, or where the performance or continuance of certain
acts will rendeJ: the case moot and academic, or where there is a need to maintain peace
and order and prevent injury or loss of life or property, the Secretary or the
Undersecretary for Legal Affairs may, motu proprio or at the instance of any party, issue a
Cease and Desist Order (CDO) to prevent grave and irreparable damage while awaiting
resolution of the case.

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SECTION 44. Failure to Comply, Ground for Contempt. - The failure of any
person to comply with the 'fRO or CDO is a ground for Indirect Contempt.

ARTICLE XIII

POWERS OF THE SECRETARY

SECTION 45. Powers of the Secretary. - The DAR Secretary and the
Undersecretary for Legal Affairs shall have the power to SUIlUTIOn witnesses, administer oaths,
take testimonies, require submission of reports, compel the production of books and
documents and answers to interrogatories, issue subpoena duces tecum and ad testificandum,
and issue other writs and processes neccssary for the resolution of the petition. The DAR
Secretary shall likewise have contempt powers, direct and indirect, in accordance with Section
50 of RA. No. 6657, as amended.

ARTICLE XIV

FINAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 46. Case Records are Public Documents. - Subject to the

provisions of pertinent laws and guidelines on confidentiality and transparency, including
Memorandum Circular No.7, Series of 2011, the records of a cancellation case are public
documents. However, confidential information as provided for by the Department's rules
and related laws shall not be disclosed.
SECTION 47. Suspension of Rules. - The DAR Secretary may suspend the
application of these Rules in order to serve and protect the interest of justice.
SECTION 48. Transitory Provisions. - The USEC-LAO shall, within thirty
(30) days from the effectivity of this A.O., determine which among the cases for
cancellation of registered EPs, CLOAs, and other titles pending with the OSEC, including
those referred to it by the DARAB or the appropriate Adjudicator, shall require the
necessary case build-up.
Those cancellation cases that the USEC-LAO shall deem necessary for case build
up shall bc transmitted to the appropriate PARAD and the procedures stated from Section
17 of this A.O. onwards shall be followed. The USEC-LAO shall inform the parties of
the said cancellation cases as to the fact that the cancellation case has been referred to the
PARAD.
Those cancellation cases, on the other hand, that the USEC-LAO shall deem ready
for disposition shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures stated from Section 25
of this A.O. onwards.
The Petitioners in all cancellation cases pending as of the time of the effectivity of
this A.O. must submit to the said OSEC or the PARAD, whoever is currently holding the
case folder, a Disclosure Statement, as described in Section 8 hereof. Non-submission of
the abovementioned Statement shall be a ground for the dismissal of the Petition without

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prejudice. The OSEC or USEC-L'\.O shall send notices to all such Petitioners to infonn
them of this duty.
SECTION 49. Repealing Clause. - These Rules repeal A.O. No.3, Series of
2009, and all orders, circulars, rules and regulations, and issuances or portions thereof that
are inconsistent herewith.
SECTION 50. Separability Clause. - Any judicial pronouncement declaring as
unconstitutional any provision of these Rules shall have no effect on the validity of the
other provisions not affected thereby.
SECTION 51. Effectivity Clause. - These Rules shall take effect ten (10) days
after its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Dillman, Quezon City,

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J:I!fI!l"

2011.

Oepa~m8nt

of Agrarian Reform

Olliee ~ I~e Seclelll)

Published in two (2) Nation~l Newspapers
of general Circulations:
1. Philippine Star
2. Business World
Date of Publication - September 26, 2011

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ANNEXA

To all concerned,
registered in the name
[Original/Transfer] Certificate of Ticle No" CLOAof
is currencly the subject of a cancellation proceeding with the
Department of Agrarian Refonn with case number
"
The above-mentioned farmer-beneficiary and all other respondents
required to submit their verified comments on or before
Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicator located at

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are
with the
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FORM 1: VERIFICAnON AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Republic of the Philippines)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _-1) S.S.

VERIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

I,

, of legal age, Filipino, single, and with residence at

after having been sworn to in
accordance to laws, hereby depose and say that:
1.
I am the Petitioner in the case at bar and have caused the
preparation of the Petition;

2.
I have read the pleading and confirm that the allegations
therein are true and correct as of my personal knowledge or based on
authentic records; and
3.
I further certify that I have not commenced and/or am not
aware of any other action or proceeding involving the same land, or a
portion thereof, or issue in any court, tribunal, or quasi-judicial agency;
and to the best of my knowledge, no such action or proceeding is
pending in any court, tribunal, or quasi-judicial agency, and if I should
thereafter learn that the same or similar action or claim has been filed or
is pending, I shall report that fact within five (5) days therefrom to the
DAR Office where this aforesaid Petition for Cancellation has been filed.

Petitioner
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
_ _ _ _ _ _, affiant eXhibiting to me his
_ _ _ _ _ _on
_
Doc. No.

Page No.
Book No.

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Series of

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day of
issued at

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FORM 2: NOTICE TO COMMENT

Ginoo/Binibini,

na rehistrado sa
Binibigyan po kayo ng abiso na ang EP/CLOA No.
pangalan ninyo ay pinapakansela sa tanggapan ng Kalihim ng DAR
ni
. Ang petisyon para sa pagkansela ay naisumite
sa tanggapan ng Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicator ng probinsya ng
_
noong
. Kalakip nitong abiso ang kopya ng petisyon at mga
ebidensya. Binibigyan po kayo ng labing limang (15) araw mula sa pagtanggap ninyo nito
para magharap ng inyong kasagutan 0 depensa sa pagkansela ng nasabing EP/CLOA.
Maaari pong isumite ang inyong nakasulat na kasagutan 0 depensa sa tanggapan ng opisina
ng Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicator na mahahanap sa
_
Para sa inyong kaalaman, maliban sa alintuntuning sumasaklaw sa pagdinig ng mga
aksyong pagkansela ng EP/CLOA, ibang mga Administrative Order naman ang susundin
pagdating sa aspetong kasong Agrarian Law Implementation (ALI) nito.

Lubos na Gumagalang,

PARAD ng
Address:
Email:
Telephone Number:

_
_
_
Petsa ng pagtangap:
Natanggap ni:

Copy Furnished:
Register of Deeds
Petisyoner
Kalihim ng DAR

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Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT of AGRARIAN REFORM

CERTIFICATION

This is to certif'y that DAR Administrative Order No.6, Series of 20 II entitled

"The 2011 REVISED RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE
CANCELLATION OF REGISfERED EMANOPATION PATENTS (EPS),
CERTIFICATES OF LANDOWNERSHIP AWARD (CWAS) AND OTHER
TITLES ISSUED UNDER ANY AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM" is published
today, Monday, 26 September 20ll at Philippine Star and Business World newspapers.
Issued this 26th day of September 2011 for whatever purpose it may serve.

D!yONZON III
airs Director

Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City Tel. (632) 928-7031 to 39