EN BANC

[G.R. No. 201390. May 2, 2012.]

GREENPEACE SOUTHEAST ASIA [PHILIPPINES],

MAGSASAKA AT SIYENTIPIKO SA PAGPAPAUNLAD NG
AGRIKULTURA [MASIPAG], REP. TEODORO CASIÑO, DR. BEN
MALAYANG III, DR. ANGELINA GALANG, MR. LEONARDO
AVILA III, MS. CATHERINE UNTALAN, ATTY. MARIA PAZ LUNA,
MR. JUANITO MODINA, MR. DAGOHOY MAGAWAY, DR.
ROMEO QUIJANO, DR. WENCY KIAT, ATTY. H. HARRY ROQUE,
JR., FORMER SEN. ORLANDO MERCADO, MR. NOEL
CABANGON, MAYOR EDWARD HAGEDORN AND EDWIN
MARTHINE
LOPEZ, petitioners, vs. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUR
EAU OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL
RESOURCES, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY AND THE
FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE AUTHORITY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, UP LOS BAÑOS
FOUNDATION, INC., UP MINDANAO FOUNDATION, INC. AND
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF AGRI-
BIOTECH APPLICATIONS-SOUTHEAST ASIA
CENTER, respondents.

NOTICE

Sirs/Mesdames :

Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution dated MAY
2, 2012, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 201390 (Greenpeace Southeast Asia [Philippines], Magsasaka at
Siyentipiko sa Pagpapaunlad ng Agrikultura [MASIPAG], Rep. Teodoro Casiño,
Dr. Ben Malayang III, Dr. Angelina Galang, Mr. Leonardo Avila III, Ms. Catherine
Untalan, Atty. Maria Paz Luna, Mr. Juanito Modina, Mr. Dagohoy Magaway, Dr.
Romeo Quijano, Dr. Wency Kiat, Atty. H. Harry Roque, Jr., Former Sen. Orlando
Mercado, Mr. Noel Cabangon, Mayor Edward Hagedorn and Edwin Marthine
Lopez vs. Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources, Bureau of Plant Industry and The Fertilizer and Pesticide
Authority of the Department of Agriculture, UP Los Baños Foundation, Inc., UP
Mindanao Foundation, Inc. and International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-
Biotech Applications-Southeast Asia Center). — Acting on the Petition for Writ of
Continuing Mandamus and Writ of Kalikasan with Prayer for the Issuance of a
Temporary Environmental Protection Order, the Court Resolved to:
(a) ISSUE a WRIT OF KALIKASAN against the respondents; SHCaEA

(b) ORDER the respondents to make a VERIFIED RETURN of the

Writ of Kalikasan before this Court within a NON-
EXTENDIBLE period of ten (10) days from receipt hereof as
provided in Section 8, Rule 7 of The Rules of Procedure
for Environmental Cases;
(c) REQUIRE the petitioners to COMPLY, within five (5) days from
notice hereof, with the requirement that the petition be
accompanied with a clearly legible duplicate original or
certified true copy of the assailed Memorandum of
Undertaking pursuant to Section 2, Rule 22 of The Rules of
Procedure for Environmental Cases in relation to Section 3,
Rule 46 and Section 2, Rule 56, 1997 Rules of Civil
Procedure, as amended;
(d) REQUIRE the petitioners to SERVE a copy of the petition on the
Office of the Solicitor General, also within five (5) days from
notice hereof, pursuant to Section 6, Rule 2 of The Rules of
Procedure for Environmental Cases; and
(e) HOLD IN ABEYANCE the prayer for the issuance of the writ of
continuing mandamus pending the filing of respondents'
verified return." Leonardo-de Castro, J., on official business.
(adv2)

Very truly yours,

(SGD.) ENRIQUETA E. VIDAL

Clerk of Court
(Greenpeace Southeast Asia [Phils.] v. Environmental Management, G.R. No.
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201390 (Notice), [May 2, 2012])