04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly has also been rendered illegal by petitioner's blatant violations of DENR regulations and the FLGLA's very own terms and conditions. Thus, the DENR had compelling reasons to cancel the FLGLA. In conclusion, the Court, in G.R. No. 145838, recognized the inherent right of ICCs/IPs to recover their ancestral land from outsiders and usurpers. Seen by many as a victory attained by the private respondents only after a long and costly effort, the Court, as a guardian and instrument of social justice, abhors a further delay in the resolution of this controversy and brings it to its fitting conclusion by denying the petition. WHEREFORE, the decision appealed from is AFFIRMED. Double costs against petitioner. SO ORDERED. Ynares-Santiago, (Chairperson), Chico-Nazario, Reyes, and Leanardo-De Castro, JJ., concur. * In lieu of Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura, per Raffle dated July 21, 2008. [1] Penned by Associate Justice B.A. Adefuin-De la Cruz with the concurrence of Associate Justices Eliezer R. de los Santos and Jose C. Mendoza; rollo, pp. 46-52. [2] Id. at 54. [3] Id. at 5. [4] CA rollo, p. 35. [5] Rollo, p. 128. [6] Memorandum of respondents Paglangan et al., pp. 7-11; Court of Appeals decision in CA-G.R. SP No. 53159, June 22, 2000, pp. 2-4, CA rollo, pp. 143-145. [7] Id. at 52. [8] Rollo, p. 12. [9] Docketed as COSLAP Case No. 98-052. [10] Rollo, pp. 73, 128, 215; Alcantara v. Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems, G.R. No. 145838, July 20, 2001, 361 SCRA 664. [11] Memorandum of respondents Paglangan, et al., pp. 7-9. [12] Id. at 8-9. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/46133 11/15