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SECOND DIVISION
PUERTO
INC.,
DEL
SOL
PALAWAN,
Petitioner,
- versus -
HON. KISSACK B. GABAEN,
Regional Hearing Officer, Regional
Hearing
Office
IV,
National
Commission on Indigenous Peoples
and ANDREW ABIS,
.
Respondents.
G.R. No. 212607
Present:
CARPIO, J., Chairperson,
PERLAS-BERNABE,
CAGUIOA,
J. REYES, JR., and
LAZARO-JAVIER, JJ.
Promulgated:
27 MAR 2019
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DECISION
CAGUIOA, J.:
Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari 1 (Petition)
under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court filed by petitioner Puerto Del Sol
Palawan, Inc. (PDSPI) against public respondent Hon. Kissack B. Gabaen
(Gabaen), in her capacity as Regional Hearing Officer of the Regional
Hearing Office IV (RHO IV), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
(NCIP) and private respondent Andrew Abis (Ab is), assailing the
Resolution2 dated April 3, 2013 and Resolution3 dated May 20, 2014
(collectively, the assailed Resolutions) promulgated by the Court of Appeals
(CA) 4 in CA-G.R. SP No. 129036, which denied petitioner PDSPI's Petition
for Certiorari5 (Certiorari Petition) dated March 4, 2013.
The Facts and Antecedent Proceedings
As culled from the records of the case, the essential facts and
antecedent proceedings of the instant case are as follows:
4
Rollo, pp. 9 to 24-A.
Id. at 26-28. Penned by Associate Justice Manuel M. Barrios with Associate Justices Remedios A.
Salazar-Fernando and Normandie B. Piza1To, concurring.
Id. at 30-34.
Second Division and Former Second Division.
Rollo, pp. 77-85.