occurred during the incumbency of then President issued Proclamation No.

3 promulgating a Provisional
Constitution. President signed, Proclamation Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and Executive
Order No. 229 providing the mechanisms necessary to initially implement the program. On July 27, 1987,
the Congress of the Philippines formally convened and took over legislative power from the President. This
a voluntary offer to sell Hacienda Caylaway pursuant to the provisions of E.O. No. 229. Haciendas Palico
and by Municipal Agrarian Officer (MARO), subjected to acquisition and distribution according to CARL.
gust 24, 1993, petitioner instituted with respondent DAR Adjudication Board (DARAB) praying for the
cancellation of the in the name of several persons. Municipality of Nasugbu, where the haciendas are
located, had been declared a tourist zone, that agricultural production, and that the Sangguniang Bayan of
Nasugbu had reclassified the land to non-agricultural.

In respondent DARAB held that the case involved the prejudicial question of whether the property was
subject, hence, this question should be submitted to the Office of the Secretary of Agrarian Reform for
determination. the expropriation of its properties under the CARL and the denial of due process in the
acquisition of its landholdings. proceedings was against petitioner’s right to due process. by the DAR.
Under the law, the land must be made only in cash or LBP bonds. DAR’s opening of a trust account in
petitioner’s name does not constitute payment. Even if later, DAR substituted the trust account with cash
and LBP agricultural. for land conversion. DAR is charged with the mandate of approving applications for
land conversion. They have the lications for land use conversion are lodged. DAR should be given a chance
to correct their defects with regard to petitioner’s right to due process.