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Orion Property Holdings, Inc. applied for registration of a 2.7-hectare agricultural lot under Presidential Decree No. 1529. After due notice and a public hearing, the RTC issued a decree of registration in Orion's favor. The adjoining fisherfolk association, the Baybayon Fisherfolk Federation, asserts that it has tilled a portion of the land for over a decade and that it was not properly served with notice, contending that the proceedings violated due process. It 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 the Baybayon Fisherfolk Federation’s petition proper? What is the likely outcome and why?

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A petition for certiorari under Rule 65 may be filed, but only to the Supreme Court directly, bypassing the Court of Appeals, which is not the proper forum for review of RTC decrees of registration in ordinary cases. An ordinary appeal under Rule 40/41 to the Court of Appeals is the proper remedy to challenge a decree of registration; The petition is improper because certiorari is not the proper vehicle; The appellate court would review the RTC ruling and sustain the decree unless reversible error is shown. The remedy to challenge a decree of registration is a petition for certiorari and prohibition under Rule 65, grounded on grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction; this remedy is distinct from ordinary appeals; On the facts, the petition is proper and should be granted for due process violation, resulting in the annulment or remand of the decree. A petition for mandamus to compel the Register of Deeds to issue the title is sometimes used in land registration disputes, but it is inappropriate here because the decree has already been issued and mandamus cannot substitute for due process challenges.

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