Settlement of Land Disputes under the Katarungang Pambarangay Law

April 26, 1983

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1314

 

WHEREAS, it is imperative that land disputes be expeditiously resolved in the manner most acceptable to all parties concerned; casia

WHEREAS, the barangay conciliation system established under P.D. No. 1508, otherwise known as the "Katarungang Pambarangay Law" has in numerous cases rendered unnecessary formal adjudication by the court of government offices of disputes through the effective and speedy settlement of disputes among barangay members;

WHEREAS, the barangay settlement procedures can serve as effective, efficient and expeditious mode of settlement of land disputes;

NOW, THEREFORE, you are hereby directed to desist from receiving any complaint or petition involving land disputes until after the parties have availed themselves of the barangay settlement procedures prescribed by the Katarungang Pambarangay Law.

The Barangay Captain and the Pangkat ng Tagapagkasundo are hereby directed to give preferential attention to land disputes and to expedite settlement thereon. cdt

The PC-INP is hereby directed to render full assistance in the enforcement of settlements effected through barangay conciliation proceedings.

This Order shall be implemented immediately. casia

DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Three.