THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 159564 : November 16, 2011]
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES LEON GUILALAS AND EULALIA SELLERA GUILALAS, RESPONDENTS.
D E C I S I O N
PERALTA, J.:
This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision1 dated August 14, 2003 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 64867.
The procedural and factual antecedents are as follows:
Petitioner Republic of the Philippines is the registered owner of two (2) parcels of land known as the "Tala Estate,"