Facts:

• Petitioner Alberto Valino was a tenant or agricultural lessee of certain lands owned by respondent Herminio Vasallo in San Ildefonso, Bulacan.
• Vasallo filed a request with the Court of Agrarian Relations (CAR) to eject Valino from the land.
• The CAR rendered a decision based on an amicable settlement, allowing Vasallo to eject Valino if he failed to comply with certain conditions.
• Valino was subsequently dispossessed of the land by Vasallo and filed a criminal complaint against him for illegal dispossession.
• Valino also filed a complaint for damages before the CAR.
• While the criminal case was ongoing, Vasallo filed a motion to suspend the proceedings, arguing that the determination of whether the dispossession was justified should be resolved by the CAR first.
• The municipal court denied the motion, prompting Vasallo to file an action for prohibition in the Court of First Instance of Bulacan.
• The court issued an order enjoining the municipal court from proceeding with the criminal case until the CAR case was resolved.
• Valino was not made a party to the action for prohibition but was later allowed to intervene.

Issue:

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Ruling:

• The court upheld the injunction, but on a different ground.
• A tenant or lessee cannot be deprived or dispossessed of their landholding without a prior final and executory judgment from the CAR.
• In this case, the CAR had granted authority to Vasallo to dispossess Valino, subject to the petitioner's violation of the terms and conditions of the decision.
• The issue to be decided was not whether there was permission from the CAR, but whether Vasallo properly exercised the authority granted to him.
• Until the CAR determined whether Vasallo had properly exercised the authority, it was logical and proper to hold the criminal ...(Unlock)