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AUG 1/ 2020
Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila |
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO, 08-2020
DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL COURTS TO
SPECIFICALLY HEAR, TRY, AND DECIDE
EXPROPRIATION CASES INVOLVING
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
WHEREAS, in a letter dated 19 June 2020, Hon. Mark A, Villar, Secretary,
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), sought the assistance of the Office
of the Chief Justice and the Office of the Court Administrator to “look into the possibility
of considering expropriation proceedings for the acquisition of right-of-way for pris
“Build, Build, Build’ projects of the DPWH as an ‘urgent matter’ and in connection
thereto, issue policy and procedural guidelines for efficient handling of expropriation
cases involving national government infrastructure projects and for immediate issuance
of writs of possession during community quarantine;”
WHEREAS, in previous months, various Regional Development Councils from
the Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Visayas, and SOCCSKSARGEN Region
have likewise requested the Supreme Court to designate special courts to handle
expropriation cases;
WHEREAS, the DPWH informed the Office of the Chief Justice of its two (2)
funded and on-going priority big-ticket projects, ie., the Cavite-Laguna Expressway
(CALAX) Project, and the NLEX SLEX Connector Road Project, which involve a
combined total of 308 filed expropriation cases, currently pending before several RTCs in
the cities of Imus, Trece Martires, Dasmarifias, Tagaytay, Caloocan, and Manila;
WHEREAS, in relation to the two (2) abovementioned Projects, the DPWH is.
expected to file an estimated 902 expropriation cases before the RTCs in the cities of
Imus, Trece Martires, Dasmarifias, Tagaytay, Caloocan, and Manila, in the coming
months;
WHEREAS, to address the impending volume of expropriation cases to be filed
before the courts, eleven (11) RTCs may be initially designated as “Special Expropriation
Courts for Public Roads” to hear, try, and decide expropriation cases involving national
government infrastructure projects in their respective territorial jurisdictions, which
number may be increased upon the recommendation of the DPWH of key cities with
priority infrastructure projects; and,
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WHEREAS, the designated Special Expropriation Courts for Public Roads shall
have jurisdiction over newly filed expropriation cases involving national government
infrastructure projects in their respective territorial jurisdictions; NOW, THEREFORE, the Court has resolved, as it hereby resolves, to:
1. DESIGNATE the following RTCs as Special Expropriation Courts for
Public Roads to hear, try, and decide expropriation cases involving national
government infrastructure projects in their respective territorial
jurisdictions:
a) Branch 20, RTC Imus City ~ presided by Presiding Judge Amabel R.
Robles-Buenaluz;
b) Branch 22, RTC Imus City — presided by Executive Judge Mary
Charlene V. Hernandez-Azura;
©) Branch 23, RTC Trece Martires City — presided by Presiding Judge
Purificacion A. Baring-Tuvera:
d) Branch 131, RTC Trece Martires City ~ presided by Vice Executive
Judge Jean Susan V. Desuado-Gill; |
©) Branch 90, RTC Dasmarifias City — presided by Presiding Judge
Francisco Victor L. Collado, Jr;
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f) Branch 133, RTC Tagaytay City — presided by Presiding Judge Gian
Enrico C. Navarro;
g) Branch 134, RTC Tagaytay City — presided by Presiding Judge
Michael C. Maranan;
h) Branch 232, RTC Caloocan City -- presided by Presiding Judge
Rosalia I. Hipolito-Bunagan;
i) Branch 22, RTC Manila — presided by Presiding Judge Tammy Ann
C. Reyes-Mendillo;
j) Branch 18, RTC Manila — presided by Presiding Judge Carolina I.
Sison; and,
k) Branch 49, RTC Manila -- presided by Presiding Judge James T. Sy.
‘These designations shall take effect immediately.
Issued this 11th day of August 2020 in the City of Manila.
DIOSDADO
Chief
ESTELA M. HGlbd!GerNAvE
Senior Associate Justice Associate Justice
