Question & AnswerQ&A (DAR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 11 S. 1991)
The CBC serves as an intermediate document evidencing that identified beneficiaries have qualified as agrarian reform beneficiaries under CARP, providing proof of their inchoate right to land awards and entitling them to receive support services while awaiting the issuance of an Emancipation Patent (EP) or Certificate of Landownership Award (CLOA).
Farmers or farm-workers properly identified and qualified as beneficiaries of CARP who have executed the required Application to Purchase-Farmers Undertaking (APFU) or Land Valuation Summary-Farmers Undertaking (LVSFU) and are in actual possession of the land to be awarded, either as tenants, under labor administration, or with the landowner's non-objection.
CBCs are issued for lands covered by CARP with Notices of Acquisition issued, agricultural landholdings (private or public) turned over to DAR through Deed of Transfer or Memorandum of Agreement, areas with generated EPs that cannot be registered due to legal constraints, and areas under Operation Land Transfer pending issuance of CLT or EP.
Delays may occur due to requirements like the Supreme Court ruling mandating transfer of expropriated properties only after full payment of compensation, subdivision surveys to define parcels, and consolidation of titles in foreclosure proceedings affecting lands acquired and distributed through EO No. 407 and its amendments.
Qualified beneficiaries must execute an Application to Purchase-Farmers Undertaking (APFU) or Land Valuation Summary-Farmers Undertaking (LVSFU).
PARO prepares the CBCs and Acknowledgement Receipts, forwards these to the Regional Office for signature while retaining the Land Distribution File for subsequent use, logs all CBCs forwarded, distributes CBCs to beneficiaries, collects signed Acknowledgment Receipts, and maintains records for monitoring.
The Regional Director reviews the CBCs and Acknowledgment Receipts for accuracy, signs the CBCs, returns them with receipts to PARO, logs all signed CBCs, and may issue Orders of Cancellation if grounds for cancellation arise.
CBCs may be cancelled or nullified if further verification shows the recipient is disqualified from CARP benefits, the land subject is not transferable under CARP, or if the beneficiary waives their right in writing, permanently barring them from receiving the award.
A CBC attests to the inchoate right of an identified beneficiary to be awarded land under CARP and entitles the recipient to receive support services, although ownership is not yet certified by EP or CLOA.
It took effect ten days after publication in two newspapers of general circulation, and it supersedes DAR Memorandum Circular No. 5, s. 1990, and modifies or revokes other inconsistent issuances.