5 8.1.2 For cases presently pending before the quasi-judicial or adjudication bodies of the herein agencies involving contentious issues, the same may be reterred to the INC upon agreement of the parties. 8.1.3 Subject to the gravity of the issues, the Joint Provincial Committee (IPC) and the Joint Regional Committee (IRC) may convene as one body. Said Committees shall determine whether the issues are factual, procedural, legal, or policy determination. If the issues are purely legal or involve policy determination, the Committees shall indorse the same to the INC for resolution. 8.1.4 The IRCIIPC shall issue a resolution within thirty (30) working days from the day it is submitted for resolution. 8.1.5 Within five (5) working days from receipt of any petition or issue for resolution, the concerned agency shall inform the IRC/JPC which shall convene immediately. 8.1.6 In deliberating the issues presemed before it, the INC may receive evidences from the parties supporting their assertions, including but not limited to documentary exhibits. 8.2 Specific Procedures in Resolving Issues 8.2.1 The agency concerned to whom a contentious issue is lodged shall notify and request for a preliminary meeting of the TWG in the province. In case CSW among the agencies involved have been undertaken, the TWG of the JPC will call on the parties involved to mediate and settle the issue amicably. It may receive evidence for the purpose only of clarifying matters. 8.2.2 The Provincial TWG shall deliberate on the issue during the meeting. 8.2.3 The Provincial TWG shall submit its findings and recommendations with CSW to the Chairman for the Quarter of the Provincial Steering Committee. CSW should be undertaken prior to submission to the Provincial Steering Committee for review, evaluation, deliberation and decision. 8.2.4 In case of issues that cannot be resolved by the Provincial Steering Committee, including those that result from a voting deadlock, the same shall submit its findings and recommendations with CSW to the Chairman for the quarter of the Regional Steering Committee which will review, evaluate, deliberate and decide on the issue. 8.2.5 In case of issues that cannot be resolved by the Regional Steering Committee, including those that result from a voting deadlock, the same shall submit its findings and recommendations with CSW to the National Steering Committee which will review, evaluate, deliberate and decide on the issues. The mechanisms and rules in the JAO and this Circular shall generally be applied by the Agencies in the resolution of policy, jurisdictional and operational issues within identified contentious and potentially-contentious areas. Administrative remedies available under existing laws shall be exhausted at the field level. Only in cases where the issues remain umesolved at the field level shall they be elevated to the INC. III. RESOLUTION OF JURISDICTIONAL, OPERATIONAL AND POLICY ISSUES Sec. 9. Procedures In The Projection Of Survey Plans, Delineation/Exclusion/Segregation Process and Issuance of Certification, Titling and Registration of ADIAL. 9.1 Conduct of AD/AL Survey and Delineation. In the conduct of land survey and delineation of all ancestral lands/domains by NCIP, the survey plans shall be made in accordance with the pertinent provisions of DENR Administrative Order No. 2007-29, or the "Revised Regulations on Land Surveys" and DENR Memorandum Circular No. 2010­ 13, or the "Manual on Land Survey Procedures". V M