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the HLURB has been vested with quasi-judicial authority must also
be determined by referring to the terms of P.D. No. 957, The
Subdivision And Condominium Buyers Protective Decree. Section
3 of this statute provides: x x x National Housing Authority [now
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all ca e in ol ing
bdi i ion lo a oma icall fall nde i
j i dic ion.The expansive grant of jurisdiction to the HLURB
does not mean, however, that all cases involving subdivision lots
automatically fall under its jurisdiction. As we said in Ro a . Co
of Appeal (391 SCRA 351 [2002]): In our view, the mere
relationship between the parties, i.e., that of being subdivision
owner/developer and subdivision lot buyer, does not automatically
vest jurisdiction in the HLURB. For an action to fall within the
exclusive jurisdiction of
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and business.
Same; Same; Same; The onl in ance ha Ho ing and Land
U e Reg la o Boa d (HLURB) ma ake cogni ance of a ca e filed
b he de elope i
hen aid ca e i in i ed a a comp l o
co n e claim o a pending ca e filed again i b he b e o
o ne of a bdi i ion lo o condomini m ni .In the cases of
Faja do J . . F eedom o B ild, Inc. (337 SCRA 115 [2000]), and
Cadima . Ca ion (567 SCRA 101 [2008]), we upheld the RTC s
jurisdiction even if the subject matter was a subdivision lot since it
was the subdivision developer who filed the action against the
buyer for violation of the contract to sell. The only instance that
HLURB may
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estate trade and business and in addition to its powers provided for in
Presidential Decree No. 957, the National Housing Authority shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide cases of the following nature:
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15 Arran a v. B.F. Homes, G.R. No. 131683, June 19, 2000, 333 SCRA
799.
16 G.R. No. 162774, April 7, 2006, 486 SCRA 599.
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C.
The extent to which the HLURB has been vested with quasi-judicial
authority must also be determined by referring to the terms of P.D. No.
957, The Subdivision And Condominium Buyers Protective Decree.
Section 3 of this statute provides:
x x x National Housing Authority [now HLURB].The
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regarding
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providing
condominiums.
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The
appropriate
of real estate
corporations being imbued with public interest and welfare, any question
arising from the exercise of that prerogative should be brought to the
HLURB which has the technical know-how on the matter. In the exercise
of its powers, the HLURB must commonly interpret and apply contracts
and determine the rights of private parties under such contracts. This
ancillary power is no longer a uniquely judicial function, exercisable only
by the regular courts.
As observed in C.T. Torres Enterprises, Inc. v. Hibionada:
The argument that only courts of justice can adjudicate claims
resoluble under the provisions of the Civil Code is out of step with
the fast-changing times. There are hundreds of administrative
bodies now performing this function by virtue of a valid
authorization from the legislature. This quasi-judicial function, as
it is called, is exercised by them as an incident of the principal
power entrusted to them of regulating certain activities falling
under their particular expertise.
In the Solid Homes case for example the Court affirmed the
competence of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board to
award damages although this is an essentially judicial power
exercisable ordinarily only by the courts of justice. This departure
from the traditional allocation of governmental powers is justified
by expediency, or the need of the government to respond swiftly
and competently to the pressing problems of the modern world.
[Emphasis supplied.]
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