LAND VALUATION;

1. What are the factors that determine just compensation? SEC17 RA 6657;
2. How does a land being evaluated and what are the modes of compensation to the land owners? SEC 18 RA
6657;
3. What is the valuation formula under PD 27? PD 27 PAR. 4
4. Discuss the procedure for acquisition of private lands in case of land owner’s rejection or failure to reply. SEC 16
RA6657;
5. Define Just Compensation. AGRA CASE
6. When can we consider that there is a compensable taking? AGRA CASE
7. Is the state required to pay the purchase price of the condemned land simultaneously upon taking possession of
the same? AGRA CASE;
8. Is money the only way to pay the compensation in the expropriation case of the agrarian reform program?
AGRA CASE;
9. Is the constitutional right of the land owner, to be fully paid before the ownership of the condemned land be
transferred to the beneficiaries or state, violated under the CARP law it allowing the immediate possession of
the land by the beneficiary/state after the deposit of the cash payment and LBP bonds? AGRA CASE
10. True or False. The petioners argue that opening of trust accounts in lieu of deposit in cash or in bonds are
proper. AGRA CASE;
11. Can the landowner withdraw the funds from the trust fund created by LBP even though the land owners
rejected it? AGRA CASE
12. What is the principal role of the board/adjudicator as far as determining the just compensation? DARAB RULE
XIX SEC1.
13. Who will conduct the preliminary proceedings of land valuation for the purpose of the determination of just
compensation for its acquisition? DARAB RULE XIX SEC2.
14. What is the effect if the parties fail to submit the required documents and their position papers, and/or to
appear on the date set for hearing, despite proper notice? DARAB RULE XIX SEC.4
15. What is the effect if the party did contest the decision of the board/adjudicator within the reglementary period?
DARAB RULE XIX SEC.5

LAND REDISTRIBUTION

16. What is the order of qualified beneficiaries in the redistribution of the land subject of agrarian law? SEC 22 RA
6657
17. What is the basic qualification of the beneficiary of ra6657? Sec 22 RA 6657;
18. What if the number of tenants in a certain land holding is more than enough than the actual size of the land
itself, what will be the legal effect? RA 6657 SEC. 22;
19. What is the distribution limit in accordance with RA6657?
20. When does the right of the beneficiary commence? RA6657 SEC.24
21. How many days should the award of the land be completed and from what day should it be reckoned from?
Ra6657 SEC.24;
22. What does a landless beneficiary means? RA6657 SEC.25;
23. Can the land acquired by the beneficiaries under the agrarian reform law be sold? RA6657 SEC.27;
24. What are the instances wherein the beneficiaries of the agrarian reform program may convey the said awarded
land? RA6657 SEC27;
25. If the land is sold to the government, who are the persons that have a right to repurchase the said land and what
is the prescribed period? RA6657 SEC27;
26. What does the principle of “affordability to the farmers” mean? AGRA CASE;PALMARES.
27. Is the Title of the beneficiaries over the land awarded to them be deemed as if registered under the Torrens
System of Registration? AGRA CASE;

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CONVERSION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS;

28. What will happen if the land ceases to be economically feasible and sound for agricultural purposes? RA6657
SEC65;
29. What is the difference between exemption, conversion and reclassification? CREBA case;
30. Does a mere reclassification of the land automatically allow a land owner to change its use?
31. Who has the jurisdiction over land conversion cases? CREBA CASE;
32. How does lands reclassified? SEC 1B MC54 S1993;
33. The President is allowed to authorize a city or municipality to reclassify lands in excess of the prescribed limits.
Based on this rule, what are the requirements before the president can do so? SEC 1E MC54 S1993;

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

34. What does PARRCOM stand for and what are its functions? RA6657 SEC44
35. Site some functions of the BARC and PARC? RA6657

AWARD TO BENEFICIARIES

36. When does the rights and obligation of the beneficiaries commence? RA9700 SEC.9
37. How many days should the award be completed?
38. When can the register of deeds register the land in the name of the republic. Is it true that it is a ministerial
duty?

EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION ON AGRARIAN DISPUTE

39. Can the court take cognizance on the cases pertaining to the implementation of CARP? SEC19 RA9700;
40. When can a case be automatically referred to the DAR by the judge? SEC19 RA9700;
41. How many days should the DAR determine and certify that there is an agrarian dispute? SEC19 RA9700;
42. Where should the aggrieved party bring its appeal if the case is referred by the MTC to the DAR? SEC19 RA9700;
43. An Agrarian Case reached the court wherein the party is the land owner and the Land Bank of The Philippines.
Can the tenants/farmers intervene in the said case? Assuming that the aggrieved person is an association, can it
intervene even if such association is not registered in SEC? SEC19 RA9700;
44. Can DAR take congnizance of those cases concerning legal or constitutional issues? CUENCA

DAR A.O 4 S 2009;

45. When Automatic Referral Shall Be Made? SEC3;

46. Who Shall Make the Referral? SEC4;

SPECIAL AGRARIAN COURTS;

47. What is the effect if the party did not contest the valuation made by the PARAD? LBP vs. CA.;
48. Is it proper for the land owner to file for an action for determination of just compensation without waiting for
the DARAB's re-evaluation?
49. If a petition to determine just compensation over the subject land has lapsed, can the aggrieved party still file
such petition in SAC?
50. WHAT DOES DETERMINE THE JURISDICTION - ALLGEATIONS

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