1. What is an agrarian dispute? Will you bring the dispute to the Regular Courts like RTC, MTC or MCTC?

where will you bring it?

- Agrarian Dispute refers to any controversy relating to tenurial arrangements, whether leasehold,
tenancy, stewardship or otherwise, over lands devoted to agriculture including disputes concerning
farmworkers' associations or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing or
seeking to arrange terms or conditions of such tenurial arrangements which the Department of Agrarian
Reform shall have exclusive jurisdiction over said agrarian disputes as this guideline shall apply to cases
filed before the Prosecutor's Office, the MCTC, MTC, MeTC and RTC) whether it be criminal or civil in
nature, by landowners, lessors or their representatives against a tenant, lessee, farmer beneficiary,
farmer, farmworker and or cases that may arise out of or in connection with an agrarian reform dispute.

2. If the dispute is with regards to the ownership of the lot, who has jurisdiction to hear it?

- MTC, MTCs, and MCTC may be assigned by the Supreme Court to hear and determine cadastral or land
registration cases covering lots where there is no controversy or opposition or contested lots.

3. Your landholding as a beneficiary has a problem on how to pass your agricultural machineries to reach
your landholding, will you bring this to the Agrarian Court?

- The Special Agrarian Courts which are Regional Trial Courts, are given original and exclusive jurisdiction
over two categories of cases, to wit: all petitions for the determination of just compensation to
landowners and the prosecution of all criminal offenses under R.A. No. 6657.

4. You as the landowner was not able to get the correct retention limits what court will you go? Can you
ask for the cancellation of the title of the beneficiary? Where will you go?

- In order to correct the retention limits, the landowner may seek the intervention of the Department of
Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board.

5. Just what do you understand by certiorari? What is the function of this kind of remedy?

- In legal contemplation, a certiorari as a remedy to seek judicial review of the decisions of the lower
court by the appellate court or high court, thus a person aggrieved thereby may file a verified in the
proper court, alleging the facts with certainty and praying that judgment be rendered annulling or
modifying the proceedings of such tribunal, board or officer, and granting such incidental reliefs as law
and justice may require.

6. Can you restrain any action done by the DAR with respect to the implementation of the CARL? Where
will you go if you want the DAR to stop from its act?

-In order to restrain the DAR with its implementation of the CARL, one may seek interevention of the
Special Agrarian Courts thus also includes the filing of criminal cases against landowners for delaying
agrarian reform implementation against DAR for delay in land acquisition and distribution and against
landlords for undue delay in attesting to the qualification of tenants and regular farmworkers as
beneficiaries.

7. If you believe the decision of Special Agrarian Court is adverse to you, as a lawyer how will you
question it?

- As a lawyer, I will file a petition for certiorari alleging there was a grave abuse of discretion on the part
of the Special Agarian Court.

8. If a dispute was brought to the DARAB how will the latter hear it? Explain briefly.

- The latter shall establish sufficient allegations in the existence of an agrarian dispute in the complaint.
The The DARAB will submit a resolution informing both parties with regards to the outcome of the case.