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FACTS: J u l y1 2,1 95 7:Pr e s .Ca r l o sP .Ga r c i ai s s u ed Pr ocl ama mat i on No.423  es t abl i s hi ngami l i t ar yr es er v at i on( For t Wi l l i a m Mc Ki n l e y ,no wF or tAndr e sBoni f a ci oMi Mi l i t a r yRe se r v a t i on[ FBMR]) . Thepr oc l ama t i onwi t hdr ewf r om s al eors et t l ementa ndr es er v edf ormi l i t ar ypur p os es ,undert headmi ni s t r at i o no f t heChi efo fSt affoft heAFPc er t ai np ar c el sofl an d: Pa r c el No .2 o Pa r c e lNo .3 A–15 , 9 12 , 6 84s q.m. o o Pa r c e lNo .4 A–7, 6 60 , 1 28s q.m. Ex c l u de sAme r i c a nBa t t l eMo Mo nu me me ntCe me me t e r y , T r a fficCi r c l e ,a ndDi p l o ma ma t i c&Co ns u l a rAr e a. 1 96 5:Pr oc l a ma ma t i o nsNo.4 61a nd4 62e x c l ud edc er t a i np or t i o nsoft h el an df r o mt h eo pe r a t i o nofPr o cl a ma ma t i o n No.423. AFPOffic e r ’ sVi l l a ge o AFPEM’ sVi l l a ge o 1 9 22 :Co n gr e s senac t e dt h eBa s e sCo n v e r s i o na n dDe v e l o p me me n tAc t ( BCDA,RA7 2 2 7) . BCDAaut hor i z edt odi s pos eo fc er t ai np or t i o nsofFor tBoni f ac i o6mont hsaf t era ppr o v al oft h eAc t . o Th i sc a s ec o nc e r n sanar e ao f3 9. 9 9h ec t a r e sk no wnast h e JUSMAG Housi ngAr ea. Oc c upi edbymi mi l i t ar yoffic er sandt hei rf ami l i es . o So ut h s i d eHo me me own er sAs s o c i a t i o n,I n c .( SHAI )i sc o mp mp os e dmo s t l yo fAFP . Oc t .3 0,1 99 1:RD o fRi z a li s s u ed TCTNo.150 84  ont h eb as i sofad ee do fs a l ep ur p or t e dl yex e c ut e db yL MB MB Di r ec t orAbel ar doG.Pal ad,J r .i nf av orofSHAI . P3 0/s q .m.=P1 1 , 9 97 , 6 6 0. o DOJi n v e s t e dr e p or t e dl a n ds c a msa tt h e FBMR.T he Oc t .3 0 ,1 9 91 d e e do fs a l e wa ss e n tt ot h e NBIf o r e x ami n at i o n. Resul t :Pal ad’ ss i gnat ur ei st hepr oduct ofTRACI NG PROCESSbyCARBONOUTLI NEMETHOD. o Oc t .1 6 ,1 9 93 :Pr e s .Ra mo mo si s s u e d Memo mor andum Or derNo.17 3  di r ec t i ngt heOSG t oi ns t i t ut ec anc el l at i on p r o c e ed i n g sc o nc e r n i n gT CTNo .1 5 08 4 . Nov . 15,1993:TheOSG fi l edt hec ompl ai ntf ornul l i fi cat i onandc anc el l at i onoft i t l ebef or et hePas i gRTC.Al l egi ng t henul l i t yoft het i t l e,t heOSG av er r edt hat : Pal ad’ ss i g nat ur eo nt hede edofs al ewasaf or ger y ; o Th er ea r en or e c or d swi t ht h eL MBo MB ft h ea ppl i c at i o nt opu r c ha s ea ndt h ep ay me me nto ft h ep ur c h as epr i c e ; o and o The pr ope r t yi si na l i e na bl ea si tf or ms pa r toft he mi l i t a r yr e s er v a t i on e s t a bl i s he d unde r Pr oc l a ma ma t i onNo.4 2 3. SHAI :Thede edofs a l ei sav al i ddoc u me me ntwh i c ht h eRep ub l i ci ses t op pe dt ode ny . o Al s opr es ent edr ec ei p t st or efl ec tpa ymen toft hep ur c has epr i c e. Pr et r i al :I s s uesl i mi t edt ot heg en ui nenes sandd uee x ec ut i onoft hede edofs al ea ndTCT . Wi t nes s esf ort h eRepubl i c : NBIDo c umen tEx a mi mi ne rCo ns t a nt i n o:Si gn at u r ei saf or g er y . o Di r ec t orPal ad:Hedi dno ts i gnt hes ame,l e tal o nebef or eano t ar ypubl i cout s i det h eLMB.Al s o,t hel and o i si nal i enabl e. Wi t n es s e sf o rSHAI : •

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Pol i c eI ns pec t orCai mb on:Si gn at ur ei sgenui ne. SHAIPr e s i d en tSa nt o s :Ap pl i c a t i o nst op ur c h as ewe r es i g ne da ndfi l e d wi t hac e r t a i nEn gr .Eu ge ni a o Bal i s . Al s op r e se nt e dal e t t e rp ur p or t e dl ya ut h or e db yDi r .Pa l a do pi n i n gt h att h eTCTmus tb eg en ui n ea si t o e ma na t e df r o mt h eRDofRi z al .Hel a t erd en i e da ut h or s hi p. RTC:Di s mi s s edt h ec omp l a i n t .( Oc t .7 ,1 99 7) CA:Affir me d.( J a n .2 8,2 0 03 ) He nc et h i sa pp ea lb yt h e Re pu bl i c ,a l l e gi n gt h att h e CA c o mp l e t e l yi g no r e d,o v e r l o ok e da nd / o rgr o s s l y mi s appr ec i at edf ac t sofs ubs t anc ewhi c h,i fdul ycons i der ed,wi l l mat er i al l yaff ec tt heout c omeoft hi scas e. Ac cor di ngt oSHAI ,t hei s sueofi nal i enabi l i t yoft hear eai ndi s put ei sout s i det hei s sueagr eeduponatpr et r i al . o

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I SSUES+RULI NG: WoNt hei s sueofi nal i enabi l i t yoft hedi s put edpor t i onofl andmayst i l l bel i t i gat edi nt hepr es entc as e. YES. Thi scas ef al l sundert heex c ept i ont ot her ul et hatRul e45pet i t i onsar el i mi t edt oques t i onsofl aw,s pec i fi cal l y : Whe nt h eCAmani f es t l yov er l ook edc er t ai nr el e v antf ac t snotdi s put edb yt hepar t i esan dwhi c hi fpr oper l y o c ons i der edwoul dj us t i f yadi ff er entc onc l us i on. Be si d es ,t heCo ur th ast h ei n he r e ntp owert os us p en di t so wn r u l esort oe x c ep tap ar t i c ul arc a s ef r o mi t s o pe r at i o nswhe ne v ert h ed ema nd so fj u s t i c es or e qu i r e . Ther at i onal ebehi ndt her ul et hati s suesmus tbel i mi t edt ot hos edi s cus sedatpr et r i ali st opr ev ents ur pr i s e. Her e,t heel ementofs ur pr i s ei snotpr es entast hei s s ueofi nal i enabi l i t ywasr a i s edi nt heRepubl i c ’ scompl ai nt . Mo r e ov e r ,Pa l a dwa se x ami n edast ot h ei s s ue .SHAId i dno to bj ec tt oh i st es t i mo ny . •

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WoN t heJUSMAG ar eamaybet hesubj ectofdi sposi t i on.   NO.I ti sst i l lpar toft hemi l i t ar yr e ser v at i on,henc e,not a l i e na bl ea nddi s pos abl e . UnderSec .83oft hePu bl i cLandAc t ,t hePr es i den t ,b ypr oc l ama t i on,ma ydes i gnat ean yt r ac tort r ac t sofl an do f t h epubl i cdomai nasr es er v at i onsf ort heus eoft heRe publ i coran yofi t sbr anc hes ,orf orquas i pu bl i cus esor p u r p o s e s . o Landr es er v edassuc hwi l l benonal i enabl e,nots ubj ec tt os al eorot herdi s pos i t i on. Cons i s t e ntwi t ht he f or e goi ng pos t ul a t e s,j ur i s pr ude nc et e ac he st ha ta mi l i t a r yr e se r v a t i on,l i k et he FBMR,orapa r tt he r e ofi snotope nt opr i v at ea ppr opr i a t i onord i s pos i t i ona nd,t he r e f or e ,notr e gi s t r a bl e , unl e ssi ti si nt heme a nt i mer e cl a ss i fie da ndde c l a r e da sdi s pos a bl ea nda l i e na bl epubl i cl a nd. Unt i lr ec l as si fi edbyl aw orpr es i dent i alpr oc l amat i on,i t sst at usaspar tofami l i t ar yr e ser v at i onr emai ns , o ev eni fi ti snotus edasami l i t ar yc amporf ordef ens e. SHAI :TheJUSMAG ar eai spr i v at epr oper t y  o ft h eg ov e r nme nt ,r e mo v edf r o mt h ec on ce pto fp ub l i cd oma i n . •

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SC:SHAI ’ sev i denc eb el i est hi sc l ai m. o T ec hni c al des cr i pt i oni nTCTNo.15084:t hepar c el ofl andi s apor t i onofPa r c e l3ofpl a nPs u2 0 31 . T or ec al l ,Pr oc l amat i onNo.423l i s t edPar c el No.3asf al l i ngwi t hi ni t scov er age. o Th eRe pu bl i co nl yha dt op r o v et h atPa r c elNo .3ha sb eenr e se r v e df o rmi l i t a r ypur p os es .Th ee v i de nc eo ft h i s f ac ti sPr oc l amat i onNo.423,ofwhi c ht heCour tc ant ak ej udi c i al not i c e. SHAIf a i l e dt os pe ci fic al l yde nyt heRe publ i c ’ sal l e ga t i ont ha tt heJUSMAG a r e ai spa r toft heco ve r a geof Pr oc l a ma t i onNo.4 2 3. Thed ef en da ntmus ts pec i f yea chmat er i alf ac t ualal l egat i o nt het r ut hofwhi c hheabs ol ut el yde ni esand , o whenev erpr ac t i c abl e,s hal ls etf or t ht hes ubs t anc eoft hemat t er suponwhi c hhewi l lr el yt os uppor thi s deni al . SHAIh adt h eb ur d eno fp r o v i n gt h att h ep ar c e l so fl a ndc o v e r e db yTCTNo .1 50 84h ada l r e ad ybe enwi t h dr a wn f r o mt h er es er v a t i o no re x c l u dedf r om t h ec o v er ag eo fPr oc l a ma t i o nNO.4 23 . I tf ai l edt opr ov et hatt her eex i s t sanypr es i dent i alac ts pec i fi cal l ywi t hdr awi ngt hedi s put edpar c el sf r om o t h ec o v er a geofPr o cl a ma t i o nNo .42 3.

I ns t ead,SHAIac t ual l yma deaj udi c i al admi s s i on: I nal et t eraddr es s edt ot heSHAIPr es i dent ,t hepos si bi l i t yofe xc l us i onoft heSout hs i deHous i ng Ar eaf r om t hemi l i t ar yr es er v at i onwasdi s c us s ed. Th eCAwa ss wa y e db ySHAI ’ sa s s e r t i o nt h ats i n c ePr o c l a ma t i o nsNo .4 61a nd1 72e x c l u d edt h et o t a la r e ao f 4 , 4 3 6, 6 7 8s q .m.f r o mt h ec o v e r a g eo fPr o c l a ma t i o nNo .4 2 3 ,t h eJ USMAG a r e as h o u l db ed e eme de x c l u d ed s i nc ewhatwi l l bel ef ti sonl y16ha. o Pe rt h e SC’ sc o un t ,Pr o c l a ma t i o nNo .42 3r e s er v e df o r mi l i t a r yp ur p os e sr o ug hl ya t o t a la r e a of2 5, 8 75 , 0 00s q u a r e me t e r s ,n o t7 , 0 5 3, 1 4 3.On t h eo t h e rh an d ,Pr o c l a ma t i o n No s .4 6 1a n d1 7 2 e x c l u de dac omb i n edar e ao f6 , 8 92 , 33 8s q ua r eme t e r s . SHAI ’ sc onc l us i o ni smer el ys pec ul at i v e. o TheOc t o ber30,1 991Dee dofSal ep ur p or t edl ye x ec ut edbyPal ad,as s umi ngf ort h enonc ei t saut hent i c i t y , c oul d n otp l aus i bl ybet her equi s i t ec l as s i f y i ngmedi um c on v er t i ngt heJ USMAGar eai nt oad i s pos abl epar c el . TheRe publ i cc an notbees t oppe df r om q ues t i oni ngt hev al i di t yoft h ed ee dofs al e. o o I ti snotus ual l yes t oppedbyt hemi s t ak eorer r oront hepar tofi t soffic i al soragent s . Si nc et hepa r c e l sofl a ndi nque st i ona l l e ge dl ys ol dt ot hepr i v at er e sponde nta r e ,ora tl e as ta tt het i meof t hesuppos edt r a ns ac t i onwe r e ,s t i l lpa r toft heFBMR,t hepur por t e ds al ei sne ce ss ar i l yvoi d abi n i t i o. o

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 As s umi ngar guendot hatt heJ USMAG ar eai sal i enabl eanddi s pos abl e,WoNSHAImayac qui r et hes ame. NO. §3,Ar t .XI Ioft he1987Cons t i t ut i onf or bi dspr i v at ec or por at i onsf r om ac qui r i ngan yk i ndofal i enabl el andoft he publ i cdomai n,e xc eptt hr oughl eas ef oral i mi t edper i od. Ther e as onf ort hebani snotv er yc l earundere xi s t i ngj ur i s pr udenc e. o •

WoNDi r .Pal ad’ ss i gnat ur eont heOc t .30,1 99 1d ee dofs al ei saut hent i c . NO. Pal adc at egor i c al l ydec l ar edt hathi ssai ds i gnat ur eont hedeedi saf or ger y . NBIa n dPNPe x p e r t sc a nc e l e ac hot h ero ut . o Pa l a ds i g ne di nMa ni l a( L MBo ffic e ) ,b utt h ed ee do fs a l ewa sn ot a r i z e dt h es a med ayi nPa s i g . En t i r ep r o ce ssc omp l e t e di non ed ay . o Wh ywo ul dabu r e auh ea dg ot oan ot h erc i t yj us tt oha v eade edo fs a l en ot ar i z ed ? o Ther ei snor ec or doft her e qui s i t epubl i cl andappl i c at i ont opur c has er equi r edunder§89oft hePubl i cLandAc t . Th eOffic i a lRe c e i p tNo .6 0 30 2 03 Cp r e s e nt e db ySHAId o esn o tp e r t a i nt ot h eL MB.Ne i t h eri si ta t t a c h edo r a pp en de dt oa nyofSHAI ’ sp l e ad i n gs . Th ee nt i r eamo un t( 1 1mi l l i o n)wa sap pa r e nt l yp ai di nP50 0a ndP1 00de no mi na t i o ns . Engr .Eugeni aBal i s ,t hepur por t edf ac i l i t at oroft hi st r ans ac t i on,wasnev erpr es ent edi nc our t . •

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Wo NL t .Ge ne r a lEs p er o ns h ou l dbec i t e di nc on t e mp t . NO. Th eq ue s t i o nr a i s edb yt h ep et i t i on er st h er e i nr e sp ec t i n gt h eo wn er s hi poft h eJ USMAG a r e aa nd ,ac c or d i n gl y ,o f t her i ghtoft hepet i t i oni n gr et i r edmi l i t ar yo ffic er st or emai ni nt h eho us i ngu ni t seac hma ybeo cc up yi n gi sno w mootandacademi c. •

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