LUZ FARMS v AGRARIAN REFORM SECRETARY

G. R. No. 86889
December 4, 1990

Facts
On June 10, 1988, the Republic Act 6657
or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Law was approved. A provision of this law
covers the raising of livestock, poultry and
swine in tenancy as agricultural work. With
the said law, the Secretary of Agrarian
Reform promulgated a Guidelines and
Procedures to Implement Production and
Profit (GPIPP) on January 9, 1989.
Ruling
No. The petition is meritorious. The
transcripts on the deliberations of the 1986
Constitutional Commission refers to the
word “agricultural” as exclusively to
farming and planting but not on the raising
of livestock and poultry and had never
intended for its inclusion in the agrarian
reform as mandated by the Constitution.

The petitioner in this case, Luz Farms, is a

company engaged in livestock and poultry
production which raised an issue and
offense on the enforcement of Sections
3(b), 11, 13, 16(d), 17 and 32 of RA 6657
and Section 11 of the GPIPP. Thus the
petitioner filed a petition for prohibition
praying for retraining order and/or
preliminary and permanent injection of the
Agrarian Reform Secretary in enforcing the
assailed provisions of RA 6657.

Luz Farms contended that raising of

livestock and poultry only uses the land as
a mere settlement but different in the use of
planting and farming.

Issue
WON the raising of livestock, poultry and
swine is covered by the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Law.