04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly other uses of the forest are to be subordinated to that purpose. I therefore withdraw from sale or settlement the following described parcels of the public domain situated in the Township of La Trinidad, City of Baguio, Mountain Province, Island of Luzon, to wit: The fact remains, too, that the Busol Forest Reservation was declared by the Court as inalienable in Heirs of Gumangan v. Court of Appeals.[19] The declaration of the Busol Forest Reservation as such precludes its conversion into private property. Relatedly, the courts are not endowed with jurisdictional competence to adjudicate forest lands. All told, although the NCIP has the authority to issue temporary restraining orders and writs of injunction, we are not convinced that private respondents are entitled to the relief granted by the Commission. WHEREFORE, the instant petition is GRANTED. The Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA G.R. SP No. 96895 dated April 16, 2007 and its Resolution dated September 11, 2007 are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. Case No. 31-CAR-06 entitled, Elvin Gumangan, Narciso Basatan and Lazaro Bawas v. Office of the City Mayor of Baguio City, et al. is DISMISSED. No pronouncement as to costs. SO ORDERED. Quisumbing, (Chairperson), Carpio Morales, Velasco, Jr., and Brion, JJ., Concur. [1] Rollo, pp. 30-37; Penned by Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe and concurred in by Associate Justices Marina L. Buzon and Lucas P. Bersamin. [2] Id. at 39-40. [3] Id. at 31-35. [4] CA rollo, pp. 2-23. [5] Id. at 24-26. [6] Id. at 27-33. [7] Id. at 34-38. [8] G.R. Nos. 75672 and 75673, April 19, 1989, 172 SCRA 563. [9] Rollo, pp. 186-203. [10] CA rollo, pp. 85-87. [11] Rollo, pp. 228-233. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/48710 7/8