No more validation period for Baguio 211 titles – Magalong
>> Thursday, June 20, 2019
By
Dexter A. See
BAGUIO CITY –
Mayor-elect Benjamin B. Magalong said it is
improper for government to grant an extension of the validation period
of un-validated 211 titles in the city considering the lapse of the prescribed
validation period over three decades ago.
The incoming
local chief executive said holders of 211 titles in the city were given
sufficient time by the government to have their titles validated prior to the
lapse of the prescribed validation period thus it is no longer the fault of
government if there are still un-validated titles in possession of certain
individuals.
Magalong said
he will not support the proposed grant of 2-year extension for holders of
un-validated 211 titles to have the same validated because it could complicate
the situation in some properties covered by the un-validated 211 titles in
Baguio.
Earlier,
outgoing Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan cited the proposal in Congress to grant a
2-year extension of the validation period for un-validated 211 titles will
create more problems than solutions because it will result to the massive displacement
of actual occupants of the said lands covered by the un-validated titles.
He said the
Supreme Court rendered a decision on the 211 titles in the city, thus, lands
covered by un-validated 211 titles should revert as public lands that could be disposed
by the State through various modes.
On April 12,
1912, the Director of Lands instituted in the Court of First Instance of
Benguet Civil Reservation Case No. 1, GLRO Record No. 211, for the compulsory
settlement and adjudication of claims to private lands within the Baguio
Townsite Reservation, pursuant to Sec. 62 of Act 926, in relation to Sections
3, 4, 5 and 6 of Act 267.
On November
13, 1922, the Court of First Instance of Benguet rendered a decision in the
aforesaid case, decreeing, except areas inside established reservations and the
lands claimed by and adjudicated to private claimants named therein, all lands,
buildings and real rights within the Baguio Townsite Reservation, as public
properties and declaring all private claims not pursued in said proceedings as
barred forever.
Republic Act
No. 931, as amended by Republic Act No. 2061, authorized the reopening of
cadastral cases up to December 31, 1968 with respect to lands which have been
previously declared public lands by the court.
On petition
of interest parties, the Court of First Instance of Baguio and Benguet, citing
Republic Act No. 211, set aside its decision of November 13, 1922, and
adjudicated in favor of the petitioners certain parcels of land situated within
the Baguio Townsite Reservation.
Proclamation
No. 1271 was issued purposely to set the deadline for holders of un-validated
211 titles to have the same validated and legitimize the ownership of the lands
covered by the said titles.
Since the
lapse of the prescribed validation period for the un-validated 211 titles in
the city, the government did not come out with any other extension for the
same.
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