Juan Carvajal vs CA

Facts:
1) Juan Carvajal is the applicant for a land registration case. The land is about 96,470 sq
meters in size.
2) NLTDRA ordered him to furnish them with the names of the owners of the adjoining
lots. He was also ordered to ask the Bureau of Lands to see if there are errors on the
borders of the lots.
3) Solid Homes filed an opposition to the application because the TCT that they have refers
to an identical property of the application.
4) NLTRDA was ordered to make a plotting regarding the claims.
5) Carvajal opposed such order because he said it releases him of his duty to present
evidence about his claim. Hearings were made, with Carvajal presenting his evidence.
6) His application was denied.
Issues:
1) Can the survey made by the LRA be used as a basis?
2) The land claimed by Solid Homes is in Barangay Mambongan while the land claimed by
Carvajal is in Barangay Mayamot.
3) Was Carvajal denied due process when he did not take the witness stand?
Held:
1) The order of the court to LRA and DENR is in accordance with the law. The court has the
right to use all necessary powers to make its exercise of jurisdiction effective.
2) Brgy Mayamot is part of a bigger Brgy Mambongan.
3) Carvajal did not invoke his right to take the witness stand, even when the court already
ordered the parties to submit their memoranda.