Conditions for Withdrawal of Voluntary Offer to Sell (VOS)
- Withdrawal allowed if the VOS pertains to the landowner’s retained area not exceeding five (5) hectares and no payment has been made.
- Withdrawal permissible if to wait for compulsory acquisition under Phase III-A or III-B, and Notice of Valuation has not been served.
- Withdrawal allowed for switching mode of acquisition to Voluntary Land Transfer/Direct Payment Scheme (VLT/DPS).
Grounds for Rejection of Voluntary Offer to Sell
- Landholding unsuitable for agriculture or underdeveloped with slope exceeding 18%, as per joint guidelines dated January 27, 1992.
- Lack of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) willing to take the land due to valid reasons like peace and order.
- Only qualified ARBs identified are the children of the landowner, disqualifying the offer.
Withdrawal or Lifting of Notices on Land for National Interest Use
- Withdrawal or lifting allowed if the landholding is deemed more suitable for townsite, resettlement, or institutional use related to national interest or calamities.
- DAR regulations on land use conversion and disturbance compensation apply.
- DAR may issue new Notice of Acquisition later if justified.
Procedures for Withdrawal of VOS or Lifting of Notice of Acquisition
- Landowners must submit a written request specifying reasons.
- Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer (MARO) verifies request and submits report with findings, recommendations, and supporting documents to Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO) within five (5) working days.
- PARO reviews, evaluates, and forwards recommendations to Regional Director within five (5) days.
- Regional Director approves/disapproves applications for lands less than ten (10) hectares and forwards others with recommendations to the Secretary.
- For grounds of rejection under specific conditions, Regional Director issues official rejection.
- Undersecretary for Field Operations approves/disapproves withdrawals or lifting of notices for lands under one hundred (100) hectares within 15 days.
- Secretary approves/disapproves applications for lands one hundred (100) hectares and above.
- DAR central and regional legal offices review all applications within ten (10) days before authority approval.
Effectivity and Repealing Clause
- Effective ten (10) days after publication in two national newspapers.
- Amends or revokes inconsistent previous orders, memoranda, circulars, and issuances.