Darab Rules
Darab Rules
Darab Rules
SECTION 3. Technical Rules Not Applicable. — The Board and its Regional and Provincial Adjudication Offices
Board and its Regional and Provincial Adjudication Offices shall not be - not be bound by technical rules of procedure and
bound by technical rules of procedure and evidence as prescribed in the evidence as prescribed in the Rules of Court
Rules of Court, but shall proceed to hear and decide all agrarian cases, - shall proceed to hear and decide all agrarian
disputes or controversies in a most expeditious manner, employing all cases, disputes or controversies in a most
reasonable means to ascertain the facts of every case in accordance with expeditious manner, employing all reasonable
justice and equity. EaDATc means to ascertain the facts of every case in
a. If and when a case comes up for adjudication wherein there is accordance with justice and equity.
no applicable provision under these rules, the procedural law and
jurisprudence generally applicable to agrarian disputes shall be a. No applicable provisions – procedural law &
applied. jurisprudence applied
b. The Adjudication Board (Board), and its Regional Agrarian b. Adjudicators
Reform Adjudicators (RARADs) and Provincial Agrarian Reform - Adjudication Board (Board)
Adjudicators (PARADs) hereinafter referred to as the Adjudicators, - Regional Agrarian Reform Adjudicators
shall have the authority to adopt any appropriate measure or (RARADs)
procedure in any given situation or matter not covered by these rules. - Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicators
All such special measures or procedures and the situations to which (PARADs)
they have been applied must be reported to the Board. c. Rules of Court shall not apply even suppletory
c. The provisions of the Rules of Court shall not apply even in unless adopted/by Board resolution
suppletory character unless adopted herein or by resolution of the
Board. Authority - to adopt any appropriate measure or procedure
in any given situation or matter not covered by these
rules.
SECTION 4. Doubts to Be Resolved in Favor of the Doubts in interpretation of rules, interpretation of
Beneficiary. — Any reasonable doubt in the interpretation of these contracts, stipulations bet. Contending party
rules, as well as in the interpretation of contracts and stipulations - Resolved in favor of
between the contending parties, shall be resolved in favor of the a. beneficiary,
beneficiary, potential beneficiary, tenant farmer, farm-worker, b. potential beneficiary,
agricultural lessee, farmers' cooperative, association or organization. c. tenant farmer,
d. farm-worker,
e. agricultural lessee,
f. farmers' cooperative, association or
organization
SECTION 5. Official Seal. — The Board shall design - design and adopt a seal to be imprinted in all its
and adopt a seal to be imprinted in all its resolutions, orders, decisions, resolutions, orders, decisions, and other
and other documents as an indication of their official character. The documents as an indication of their official
seal of the DARAB shall depict its official function as the dispenser of character.
agrarian justice. It shall be consistent with the basic design and - shall depict its official function as the dispenser of
symbolism of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) logo. agrarian justice.
Rule 2 - Jurisdiction of the Board and the Adjudicators - shall be consistent with the basic design and
symbolism of DAR logo
SECTION 1. Primary and Exclusive Original and Board
Appellate Jurisdiction. — The Board shall have primary and exclusive - primary and exclusive jurisdiction, both original
jurisdiction, both original and appellate, to determine and adjudicate and appellate,
all agrarian disputes involving the implementation of the - to determine and adjudicate all agrarian disputes
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) under R.A. No. involving the implementation of the
6657, as amended by R.A. No. 9700, E.O. Nos. 228, 229, and 129-A, R.A. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
No. 3844 as amended by R.A. No. 6389, Presidential Decree No. 27 and (CARP)
other agrarian laws and their Implementing Rules and Regulations. a. rights and obligations of persons
Specifically, such jurisdiction shall include but not be limited to cases (natural/juridical)
involving the following: - engaged in the management, cultivation, and use
a. The rights and obligations of persons, whether natural or of all agricultural lands covered by R.A. No. 6657
juridical, engaged in the management, cultivation, and use of all b. preliminary administrative determination of
agricultural lands covered by R.A. No. 6657, otherwise known as the reasonable and just compensation of lands
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL), as amended, and other acquired under PD 27
related agrarian laws;
b. The preliminary administrative determination of reasonable c. Cases involved annulment or rescission of lease
and just compensation of lands acquired under Presidential Decree contracts or deeds of sale or their amendments
(PD) No. 27 and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program involving lands
(CARP); - Under administration and disposition of
c. Those cases involving the annulment or rescission of lease DAR/LBP
contracts or deeds of sale or their amendments involving lands under - the amendment of titles pertaining to agricultural
the administration and disposition of the DAR or Land Bank of the lands EPs issued under PD 266, Homestead, Free
Philippines (LBP), and the amendment of titles pertaining to P, miscellaneous sales patents to settlers in
agricultural lands under the administration and disposition of the settlement and re-settlement areas
DAR and LBP; as well as EPs issued under PD 266, Homestead d. ejectment and dispossession of tenants and/or
Patents, Free Patents, and miscellaneous sales patents to settlers in leaseholders;
settlement and re-settlement areas under the administration and e. sale, alienation, pre-emption, and redemption of
disposition of the DAR; agricultural lands under CARL
d. Those cases involving the ejectment and dispossession of f. correction, partition, secondary and subsequent
tenants and/or leaseholders; issuances such as reissuance of lost/destroyed
e. Those cases involving the sale, alienation, pre-emption, and owner's duplicate copy and reconstitution of
redemption of agricultural lands under the coverage of the CARL, as CLOA & EPs registered with LRA.
amended or other agrarian laws; g. review of leasehold rentals and fixing of
f. Those involving the correction, partition, secondary and disturbance compensation
subsequent issuances such as reissuance of lost/destroyed owner's h. collection of amortization payments, foreclosure
duplicate copy and reconstitution of Certificates of Land Ownership and similar disputes concerning the functions of
Award (CLOAs) and Emancipation Patents (EPs) which are registered the LBP, and payments for lands awarded
with the Land Registration Authority; - payment for residential, commercial, and
g. Those cases involving the review of leasehold rentals and fixing industrial lots within the settlement and
of disturbance compensation; resettlement areas under the administration and
h. Those cases involving the collection of amortization payments, disposition of the DAR
foreclosure and similar disputes concerning the functions of the LBP, i. boundary disputes over lands
and payments for lands awarded under PD No. 27, RA No. 3844, as - which are transferred, distributed, and/or sold to
amended, and R.A. No. 6657, as amended by R.A. No. 9700, and other tenant-beneficiaries and are covered by deeds of
related laws, decrees, orders, instructions, rules, and regulations, as sale, patents, and certificates of title;
well as payment for residential, commercial, and industrial lots within j. cases previously falling under the original and
the settlement and resettlement areas under the administration and exclusive jurisdiction of the defunct Court of
disposition of the DAR; Agrarian Relations
i. Those cases involving boundary disputes over lands under the - except those cases falling under the proper courts
administration and disposition of the DAR and the LBP, which are or other quasi-judicial bodies
transferred, distributed, and/or sold to tenant-beneficiaries and are k. other agrarian cases, disputes, matters or
covered by deeds of sale, patents, and certificates of title; concerns referred to it by the Secretary of the
j. Those cases previously falling under the original and exclusive DAR
jurisdiction of the defunct Court of Agrarian Relations under Section
12 of PD No. 946 except those cases falling under the proper courts or
other quasi-judicial bodies; and ACTIHa
k. Such other agrarian cases, disputes, matters or concerns
referred to it by the Secretary of the DAR.