Facts:

• Petition for certiorari filed by Felipe Ganob and others against Remedios Ramas and others
• Originated from a cancelled sales application filed by Ireneo Quidato for Lot No. 47, PLS-35, Kapatagan Subdivision located in Kapatagan, Lanao
• Quidato's application was cancelled in 1935 due to non-payment of the installments
• Leodegario Ramas inquired with the Bureau of Lands about acquiring Quidato's rights
• Bureau informed Ramas that Quidato's sales application could be reinstated upon payment of the arrears
• Ramas executed a deed of transfer of rights with Quidato and paid the total amount due to the Bureau of Lands
• Director of Lands reinstated Quidato's sales application and approved the transfer of rights
• Ramas occupied and cultivated the land, but after the war, petitioners entered and took possession of the land

Issue:

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Ruling:

• Court ruled in favor of the respondents and dismissed the petition for certiorari
• Officials acted within their jurisdiction and committed no error or abuse of discretion in rendering the decisions or orders
• Reinstatement of Quidato's cancelled sales application was within the sound discretion of the Director of the Bureau of Lands
• Approval by the Department Head made it unassailable if all the proceedings were in accordance with the law
• Petitioners failed to ava...(Unlock)

Ratio:

• Reinstatement of a cancelled sales application is within the discretion of the Director of the ...continue reading