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    G.R. No. L-57719-21

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    1) Nine private respondents were share tenants farming sugarcane on 36 hectares owned by Patricio David in Magalang, Pampanga. Each tenant farmed 4-5 hectares. 2) In 1979, Patricio David leased the land to his son Wilfredo David, who shared proceeds from sugarcane production with tenants on a 50-50 basis. 3) In August 1979, the tenants notified Wilfredo David of their intention to convert to a leasehold tenancy system starting in 1980, which Wilfredo David objected to.

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    G.R. No. L-57719-21

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    1) Nine private respondents were share tenants farming sugarcane on 36 hectares owned by Patricio David in Magalang, Pampanga. Each tenant farmed 4-5 hectares. 2) In 1979, Patricio David leased the land to his son Wilfredo David, who shared proceeds from sugarcane production with tenants on a 50-50 basis. 3) In August 1979, the tenants notified Wilfredo David of their intention to convert to a leasehold tenancy system starting in 1980, which Wilfredo David objected to.

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    1) Nine private respondents were share tenants farming sugarcane on 36 hectares owned by Patricio David in Magalang, Pampanga. Each tenant farmed 4-5 hectares. 2) In 1979, Patricio David leased the land to his son Wilfredo David, who shared proceeds from sugarcane production with tenants on a 50-50 basis. 3) In August 1979, the tenants notified Wilfredo David of their intention to convert to a leasehold tenancy system starting in 1980, which Wilfredo David objected to.

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    G.R. No. L-57719-21

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    1) Nine private respondents were share tenants farming sugarcane on 36 hectares owned by Patricio David in Magalang, Pampanga. Each tenant farmed 4-5 hectares. 2) In 1979, Patricio David leased the land to his son Wilfredo David, who shared proceeds from sugarcane production with tenants on a 50-50 basis. 3) In August 1979, the tenants notified Wilfredo David of their intention to convert to a leasehold tenancy system starting in 1980, which Wilfredo David objected to.

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    WILFREDO DAVID, 

    petitioner,
    vs.
    COURT OF APPEALS, JULIO MANALILI, ARCADIO BALAGTAS, MARTIN
    PASCUAL, RICARTE SUPAN, FIDEL LIWANAG, MATIAS DIZON, NARCISO
    LUMBA, DANIEL SUPAN and CIRIACO REYES, respondents.
    G.R. No. L-57719-21 May 6, 1988

    Fact:
    The nine [9] private respondents herein were share tenants of Patricio
    David in his 36-hectare land in barangays San Pablo and San Agustin in
    Magalang, Pampanga. Each tenant had a landholding ranging in area from
    four to five hectares devoted entirely to the production of sugarcane which
    were ultimately milled and processed into sugar by the Pampanga Sugar
    Development Company [PASUDECO] in San Fernando, Pampanga.
    Effective in the 1979-80 agricultural year, Patricio David leased his
    sugarland to his son, Wilfredo David. For said year, Wilfredo shared with the
    tenants the net proceeds of the sugarcane produced on the 50%-50%
    arrangement. As early as August 15, 1979, herein private respondents
    notified Wilfredo David of their intention to elect the leasehold tenancy
    system starting from agricultural year 1980-81. 1 Wilfredo David objected
    not only because he had prepared for said agricultural year by applying for a
    crop loan from the Philippine National Bank but also because he believed
    that his tenants were financially incapable to undertake the venture.

    Issue:
    Whether or not, the respondents can change the leasehold tenancy
    system

    Ruling:
    While it is true that there have been no presidential proclamations to
    the effect that measures have been adopted to insure efficient management
    of the agricultural and processing phases of crops covered by marketing
    allotments, it would be nothing short of regressive to deny sugarland share
    tenants of their right to elect the leasehold system. Considering the policy of
    the government as enunciated in Section 4 of the Code as amended, which
    mandates the automatic conversion of share tenants to leaseholders,
    individual sugarland tenants should not be discriminated against.
    Another development worth mentioning is the fact that to give more
    teeth to the policy of automatic conversion of share tenancy to the leasehold
    system, Presidential Decree No. 1425 was issued to strengthen the
    prohibition against agricultural share tenancy by providing penalties for
    violation thereof. We may add that more recent developments portend the
    transformation of tenants to owner-farmers.
    Both issuances state that all public and private agricultural lands shall
    be covered by an agrarian reform program. In the instant case, We can do
    no less than to apply a liberal interpretation of the Agricultural Land Reform
    Code to give full force and effect to its clear intent which, under Section 2[2]
    and [6] of said Code, is "to achieve a dignified existence for the small
    farmers" and to make them "more dependent, self-reliant and responsible
    citizens, and a source of genuine strength in our democratic society." 9

    WHEREFORE, the instant petition for review on certiorari is hereby denied.


    No costs.

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