Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)

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Rule I - General Provisions

Section 1. Title

Section 2. Construction

Section 3. Technical Rules Not Applicable

Section 4. Doubts To Be Resolved In Favor of the Beneficiary

Rule II - Jurisdiction of the Board and Its Adjudicators

Section 1. Primary and Exclusive Original and Appellate Jurisdiction

Section 2. Appellate Jurisdiction of the Board

Section 3. Annulment of Judgement of Adjudicators

Section 4. Referral to Office of the Secretary (OSEC)

Section 5. Role of the RARAD

Section 6. Powers

Rule III - Mediation or Conciliation at Barangay Level

Section 1. BARC Certification

Section 2. Referral to BARC

Section 3. Report of Settlement at BARC to Adjudicator

Section 4. Land or Parties in Two (2) Barangays

Section 5. Certification of Non-Settlement

Section 6. Special Rules on Mediationand Conciliation

Rule IV - Commencement of Actio, Venue and Cause of Action

Section 1. Complaint or Petition

Section 2. Certification and Verification on related Cases

Section 3. Amendment of and Supplement to Complaint or Petition

Section 4. Venue

Section 5. One Suit for a Single Cause of Action

Section 6. Splitting a Single Cause of Action

Section 7. Joinder of Causes of Action

Rule V - Parties and Caption

Section 1. Parties in Interest

Section 2. Pauper Litigant

Section 3. Association or Corporations as Plaintiffs or Defendants

Section 4. Alternative Defendants

Section 5. Unknwon Identity or Name of Defendants

Section 6. Entity Without Juridical Personality as Defendants

Rule VI - Service of Pleadings

Section 1. Service of Pleadings, Notices and Resolution

Section 2. Service Upon Associations

Section 3. Service Upon Privat, Domestic and Juridical Entities

Section 4. Service Upon Public Corporation

Section 5. Return of Service

Section 6. Proof of Completeness of Service

Section 7. Substituted Service

Rule VII - Summons, Answer and Submission of Evidence

Section 1. Issuance of Summons, Time to Answer and Submission of Evidence

Section 2. By Whom Served

Section 3. Answer Required

Section 4. Time to Answer Non-Extendible

Section 5. Amendment of Answer

Section 6. Answer to Amended Complain or Petition

Section 7. No Default Upon Failure to Answer

Section 8. Receipt of answer or Lapse or Reglementary Period

Section 8. Affidavits

Section 9. Reply

Rule VIII - Appearances

Section 1. Appearance

Section 2. Manner of Appearance

Section 3. Assignment of DAR Lawyer or Legal Officer

Section 4. Authority to Bind Party

Rule IX - Preliminary Conference

Section 1. When Conducted

Section 2. Notice of Preliminary Conference

Section 3. Appearance of Parties

Section 4. Effect of Failure to Appear

Section 5. Amicable Settlement

Section 6. Failure to Arrive at an Amicable Settlement

Section 7. Record of Preliminary Conference

Rule X - Proceedings Before the Adjudicators

Section 1. Nature of Proceedings

Section 2. Role of the Adjudicator in the Proceedings

Section 3. Orders or Resolutions During the Hearing of the Case

Section 4. Submission of Position Papers

Section 5. Procedure on Clarificatory Hearing

Section 6. Record of Proceedings

Section 7. Period to Render the Decision

Section 8. Award and Damages

Section 9. Finality of Judgement

Section 10. Motion for Reconsideration

Rule XI - Motions in General

Section 1. Motion Defined

Section 2. Form

Section 3. Contents

Section 4. Notice

Section 5. Proof of Service

Section 6. Expeditious Resolution of Motions

Section 7. Non-allowable Motions

Rule XII - Intervention

Section 1. Who May Intervene

Section 2. Time to Intervene

Section 3. Answer-in-Intervention

Rule XIII - Decisions / Resolutions / Final Orders

Section 1. Decisions / Resolutions / Final Orders

Section 2. Promulgation

Section 3. Notice of Decisions / Resolutions / Final Orders

Section 4. Entry of Decisions / Resolutions / Final Orders

Rule XIV - Appeals

Section 1. Appeal to the Board

Section 2. Grounds

Section 3. Notice of Appeal and Appeal Memorandum

Section 4. Perfection of Appeal

Section 5. Motions After Filing of Notice of Appeal

Section 6. Transmittal of Appeal and Records

Section 7. Docketing of Case

Section 8. Caption

Section 9. Frivolous or Dilatory Appeal

Section 10. Withdrawal of Appeal

Section 11. When Appeal is Submitted for Decision

Section 12. Period to Decide Appeal

Section 13. Finality of Decisions / Resolutions

Rule XV - Judicial Review

Section 1. Appeal to the Court of Appeals

Section 2. Findigs of Fact: Final and Conclusive

Section 3. No Restraining Order or Preliminary Injunction

Rule XVI - Relief From Decision / Resolution / Final Order

Section 1. Petition for Relief from Decision / Resolution / Final Order

Section 2. Form and Time of Filing of Petition

Section 3. Answer

Section 4. Procedure

Rule XVII - Preliminary Injunction / Supervision of Harvest

Section 1. Preliminary Injunction, When Granted

Section 2. No Injunction to Restrain Tilling or Harvesting

Section 3. Temporary Restraining Order

Section 4. Supervision of Harvest

Rule XVIII - Direct and Indirect Contempt

Section 1. Direct Contempt

Section 2. Indirect Contempt

Section 3. Appeal from Indirect Contempt

Rule XIX - Preliminary Determination of Just Compensation

Section 1. Principal Role of Adjudicator

Section 2. By Whom Conducted

Section 3. Order of Submission of Evidence, Position Papers and Notice of Hearing

Section 4. Failure to Comply with Above Order

Section 5. When Resolution Deemed Final

Section 6. Filing of Original Action with the Special Agrarian Court for Final Determination

Section 7. Notice of Resolution

Section 8. Return of Claim Folder

Section 9. Execution of Judgements for Just Compensation which have Become Final and Executory

Rule XX - Execution

Section 1. Execution Upon Final Order or Decision

Section 2. Execution Pending Appeal

Section 3. Execution When Issued; Exception

Section 4. Execution by Motion or by Independent Action

Section 5. Execution in Case of Death of Party

Section 6. Issuance, Form, and Contents of a Writ of Execution

Section 7. Judgement for a Specified Acts Vesting Title

Section 8. Return of Writ of Execution

Section 9. Property Exempt from Execution

Section 10. How Execution for the Delivery or Restitution of Property Enforced

Section 11. Removal or Improvements on Property Subject of Execution

Section 12. Effect of Judgement or final Order

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