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Zeta Realty, a private corporation, applied for registration of a 4.5-hectare agricultural lot under Presidential Decree No. 1529. After proper notice and a public hearing, the Regional Trial Court issued a decree of registration in Zeta Realty’s favor. A neighboring occupants’ cooperative, the Coastal Fishermen’s Co-Op (CFCO), claims it has occupied a portion of the land for over ten years and that CFCO was not properly served with notice, contending that the registration proceedings violated due process. CFCO files a petition for certiorari and prohibition under Rule 65 challenging the decree on grounds of grave abuse of discretion and lack of due process. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine governing the proper remedy to challenge a decree of registration. (b) Distinguish this remedy from ordinary appeals or other post-decree remedies in land registration. (c) Apply to the facts: Is CFCO’s petition proper? What is the likely outcome and why?