E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 7 of 40 http://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65160 Corporation and it's subsidiaries from pushing through with the Expansion Project.[42] The dispositive of the Regional Trial Court Decision read: WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered DISMISSING the Complaints dated February 23, 2012 and April 13, 2012 and the Amended Urgent Petition to Cite Defendant for Contempt dated April 20, 2012. The Temporary Environmental Protection Order dated April 10, 2012 is hereby LIFTED. No costs. SO ORDERED.[43] (Emphasis in the original) After filing their notices of appeal,[44] Cordillera Global Network and Adajar, et al. filed their respective appeals[45] before the Court of Appeals. In its December 12, 2014 Decision,[46] the Court of Appeals denied the appeals and upheld the findings of the Regional Trial Court. The Court of Appeals dismissed Cordillera Global Network and Adajar, et al.'s claim that the case fell under the exceptions to the rule on exhaustion of administrative remedies since there was no patent illegality. It pointed out that despite not being parties to the applications for the environmental compliance certificates, tree-cutting and earth-balling permits, and building permits, they still should have come to the appropriate administrative tribunals to resolve questions of fact. Such questions are generally referred to an administrative agency for its "special knowledge, [and] experience ... to determine technical and intricate matters of fact."[47] Moreover, the Court of Appeals held that Cordillera Global Network and Adajar, et al. failed to rebut the presumption of regularity of official acts. It explained that they failed to prove their allegations of irregularity in the issuance of the amended Environmental Compliance Certificate, building permit, and tree-cutting and earthballing permit.[48] The dispositive portion of the Court of Appeals Decision read: WHEREFORE, the appealed Decision is AFFIRMED. SO ORDERED.[49] (Emphasis in the original) 4/23/2020, 10:52 AM