IN RE: APPLICATION FOR LAND REGISTRATION, RIZALINA O. PINEDA, APPLICANT-APPELLEE, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPPOSITOR-APPELLANT.

Record shows that this Court issued a Resolution^[1] dated January 7, 2014, dismissing the appeal outright. A Motion for Reconsideration^[2] thereto was filed by oppositor-appellant on February 3, 2014.

On June 26, 2014, this Court issued a Resolution^[3] REINSTATING the appeal and directed the applicant-appellee to file her Appellee’s Brief within forty-five (45) days from receipt of the Appellant’s Brief and giving oppositor-appellant twenty (20) days from receipt of the Appellee’s Brief within which to file a Reply Brief.

On June 31, 2014, applicant-appellee filed a Verified Manifestation and Motion to Dismiss Application^[4], praying for the dismissal of her application for land registration without prejudice.

On August 26, 2014, a Minute Resolution^[5] was issued by this Court referring applicant-appellee’s Verified Manifestation and Motion to Dismiss Application to the oppositor-appellant for comment, to be filed within ten (10) days from notice.

In compliance therewith, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) filed its Comment (On the Verified Manifestation and Motion to Dismiss Application) on September 18, 2014.

The OSG interposes no objection on the applicant-appellee’s Verified Manifestation and Motion to Dismiss Application.

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the Verified Manifestation and Motion to Dismiss Application is GRANTED. The Decision dated October 14, 2012, Resolution dated July 24, 2012, and Supplemental Decision dated October 14, 2012 are hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE and the application for land registration is DISMISSED.

SO ORDERED.

Abdulwahid, (Chairperson), and Cruz, JJ., concur.

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^[1] p. 101, Rollo

^[2] p. 107, Rollo

^[3] p. 174, Rollo

^[4] pp. 180-181, Rollo

^[5] p. 187, Rollo