G.R. No. L-35621 July 30, 1976REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINE, !"#!"$"%&"'$ (yFR)NCICO F. )GUIGUIT, *% +*$ ,-#-,*&y -$ Co..*$$*o%"!o/ &+" )0!*,ul&u!" P!o'u,&*1*&y Co..*$$*o%, petitioner, vs.HON. )LEJ)N2RO E. EB)TI)N, Ju'0" o/ &+" Cou!& o/ HON.)LEJ)N2ROE. EB)TI)N, Ju'0" o/ &+" Cou!& o/ F*!$&I%$&-%," o/ 2-1-o '"l No!&", -%' 3)4OR GEL)CIOGE3ENTI5) -%' 3UNICIP)L COUNCIL OF T)GU3, 2-1-o '"lNo!&" -%' -ll #"!$o%$ -,&*%0 u#o% &+"*! o!'"!$, respondents. )NTONIO, J.:Appeal by cetiorari from the Order of respondent Judge dismissingCivil CaseNo. 288, of theCourt of First Instaneof !avaodelNorte, ruling that the omplaint therein is atually one of foribleentry and not an ation for in"untion #prohibition$ %ith preliminaryin"untion, and onse&uently, the said ourt has no "urisdition overthe sub"et matter of the ation. On June '(, '()2, the petitionerfiled%iththelo%er ourt aomplaint forin"untion#preliminaryand permanent$ against the respondents *ayor and *uniipalCounil of +agum, !avao del Norte. +he omplaint, aniong others,alleges,#'$+hat theplaintiff isasovereignpolitial entity%ith apaity to sue, represented by theCommissioner of the Agriultural -rodutivityCommission, an instrumentality of the nationalgovernment under the e.eutive branh reatedpursuant to /epubli At 0811, as amended,other%ise 2no%n as the Code of Agrarian /eforms ofthe -hilippines, %ith offie address at 3lliptial /oad,!iliman, 4ue5on City, and %hih Commission byvirtue of the reorgani5ational set up embodied in theCodehasabsorbedthefuntionsof the6ureauofAgriultural 3.tension of the !epartment ofAgriultureandNatural /esouresorgani5edunder/epubli At 7889 the respondents *ayor and*uniipal Counil of the *uniipality of +agum,!avao del Norte9 sued in their offiial apaitytogether%ithall -ersonsatingupontheirorders,and may be served %ith summons at the *uniipal:all of +aguin, !avao del Norte9#2$ +hat the national government is the o%ner of t%o#2$ parels of publi land situated in *agugpo+agum, !avao del Norte, Containing a total land areaof appro.imately )1,;2) s&uare meters morepartiular, desribed as follo%s, #Description ofproperty$#0$ +hat sine '(08, the alone parels of land havebeen ontinuously used as demonstration stationother%ise 2no%n as nursery, oupied openly,publily, peaefully, adversely and uniterruptedly assuhdemonstrationstationfirst bythe6ureauof-lant Industry,later bythe6ureauof Agriultural3.tension by virtue of /epubli At 788 and no% bythe Agriultural -rodutivity Commission under/epubliAt 0811, asamended#Codeof Agrarian/eforms of the -hilippines$ serving its purpose as ademonstration enter for the farm and ruralpopulation of the then undivided provine of !avao9#1$ +hat on *arh 2, '()2 the *uniipal Counil of+agum,!avaodelNorte, passedResolution No. 78approving the partition and segregation to differentgovernment offices for various purposes. Havingbeen enacted without or in excess of jurisdiction oftheunicipal !ouncil" theaforesaidresolutionisapatent nullity. Copy of said resolution is herebyattahed as Anne. out of the nursery ausing the%asteof asi5eableamount of government funds.+he efforts e.erted in the development of thepremises as a sho% %indo% and a seed propagationsite for the farmers in the provine %ill be negatedarid neessarily set at naught9#($ hat there is a ontinuing need for the operationof the nurseryinthe area, it beingasignifiantfator in the agriultural and eonomi developmentof the provine. +he nursery is needed to sho% anddisseminate information on thedifferent aspets ofagriultural andhomeativitiesandforsellinganddistributing planting materials to the people. +hus aontinuing publi need %ill be urtailed andfrustrated, most unfortunatelyat atime%hentheountryis inturmoil andurgentlyinneedofbasitool for agriultural development and eonomistability, if the ats of respondents are timelyabated9and prayed that pending determination of the petition, therespondents be en"oined from ontinuing %ith the ats omplainedof and after hearing ?to render "udgment declaring void the saidresolution of the *uniipal Counil of +agum, !avao del Norte, andto restore plaintiff