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EN BANC
[ G.R. No. 181284, April 18, 2017 ]
LOLOY UNDURAN, BARANGAY CAPTAIN ROMEO PACANA, NESTOR
MACAPAYAG, RUPERTO DOGIA, JIMMY TALINO, ERMELITO ANGEL,
PETOY BESTO, VICTORINO ANGEL, RUEL BOLING, JERMY ANGEL,
BERTING SULOD, RIO BESTO, BENDIJO SIMBALAN, AND MARK
BRAZIL, PETITIONERS, VS. RAMON ABERASTURI, CRISTINA C.
LOPEZ, CESAR LOPEZ JR., DIONISIO A. LOPEZ, MERCEDES L.
GASTON, AGNES H. LOPEZ, EUSEBIO S. LOPEZ, JOSE MARIA S.
LOPEZ, ANTON B. ABERASTURI, MA. RAISSA A. VELEZ, ZOILO
ANTONIO A. VELEZ, CRISTINA ABERASTURI, EDUARDO LOPEZ, JR.,
ROSARIO S. LOPEZ, JUAN S. LOPEZ, CESAR ANTHONY R. LOPEZ,
VENANCIO L. GASTON, ROSEMARIE S. LOPEZ, JAY A. ASUNCION,
NICOLO ABERASTURI, LISA A. ASUNCION, INEZ A. VERAY, HERNAN
A. ASUNCION, ASUNCION LOPEZ, THOMAS A. VELEZ, LUIS
ENRIQUE VELEZ, ANTONIO H. LOPEZ, CHARLES H. LOPEZ, ANA L.
ZAYCO, PILAR L. QUIROS, CRISTINA L. PICAZO, RENATO SANTOS,
GERALDINE AGUIRRE, MARIA CARMENCITA T. LOPEZ, AND AS
REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY-IN-FACT RAMON ABERASTURI,
RESPONDENTS.
RESOLUTION
PERALTA, J.:
For resolution are petitioners' Motion for Reconsideration and Supplemental Motion for
Reconsideration of the Court's en banc Decision dated October 20, 2015, the dispositive
portion of which states:
WHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED and the Court of Appeals Decision
dated August 17, 2006, and its Resolution dated July 4, 2007, in CA-G.R. SP
No. 00204-MIN, are AFFIRMED.
SO ORDERED.
In their Motion for Reconsideration, petitioners maintain that it is the National
Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), not the regular courts, which has
jurisdiction over disputes and controversies involving ancestral domain of the
Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) and Indigenous Peoples (IPs) regardless of the
parties involved.
Petitioners argue that the rule that jurisdiction over the subject matter is determined
by the allegations of the complaint, admits of exceptions and can be relaxed in view of
the special and unique circumstances obtaining this case, i.e., the actual issue, as
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