Nat Res CasesG.R. No. 164408 March 24, 2014REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES,Petitioner,vs.ZURBARAN REALTY AND DEVELOPENT CORPORATION,Res!on"ent .D E C I S I O NBERSAMIN, #.$An application for original registration of land of the public domain under Section 14(! of "residential Decree ("D! No. 1#$ must sho% not onl& that the land has pre'iousl& been declared alienable and disposable( but also that the land has been declared patrimonial propert& of the State at the onset of the )*+&ear or 1*+&ear period of possession and occupation re,uired under the la% on ac,uisiti'e prescription. Once again( the Court applies this rule+as clari-ed in .eirs of /ario /alabanan '. 0epublic1 1 in re'ie%ing the decision promulgated on 2une 1*( **4(

%hereb& the Court of Appeals (CA! granted the petitioner3s application for registration of land.AntecedentsOn /a& 4( 1$$)( respondent 5urbaran 0ealt& and De'elopment Corporation -led in the 0egional 6rial Court (06C! in San "edro( 7aguna an application for original registration co'ering a 1(#* s,uare meter parcel of land situated in 8arrio 8anlic( /unicipalit& of Cabu&ao( "ro'ince of 7aguna( denominated as 7ot 4*19+A of Subdi'ision "lan CSD+*4+**:$4#+D( Cad. 4##+D( Cabu&ao Cadastre() alleging that it had purchased the land on /arch $( 1$$ from 2ane de Castro Abalos( married to 2ose Abalos( for ")**(***.**; that the land %as declared for taecting the land( nor %as there an& other person or entit& ha'ing an& interest thereon( legal or e,uitable( ad'erse to that of the applicant; and that the applicant and its predecessors+in+interest had been in open( continuous and e