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b) Whether or not corporations are eligibile to acquire public lands of public domain.
HELD:
a),The appeal was properly dismissed by the Office of the President for tardiness.
The records clearly bear that TDEI's counsel received a copy of the MNR's order of May 22,
1986, on May 29, 1986. TDEI, however, filed its notice of appeal only on July 23, 1986, and
submitted its appeal memorandum on August 8, 1986. From the time TDEI's counsel received a
copy of the said order until he filed the notice of appeal, fifty-four (54) days had already elapsed.
The appeal was thus filed beyond the reglementary period of thirty (30) days provided for in
Executive Order No. 19, series of 1966, as amended. 1
b) No, corporations are not allowed now to acquire lands of the public domain but may only hold
them by lease up to one thousand hectares only and for not more than fifty years in all based on
art xii , section 3 of the 1987 Constitution.
WHEREFORE, the petition is DISMISSED, with costs against the petitioner.