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Republic of the Philippines

Court of Appeals
Cagayan de Oro City

SPECIAL TWENTY-THIRD DIVISION

SPOUSES KALBI AND IMELDA DALUS, CA-G.R. SP NO. 08225-MIN


Petitioners,
Members:

LLOREN, J., CH.,


ATAL-PAÑO &
-versus- *
ACOSTA, JJ.

Promulgated:
SPOUSES KADRA AND ALMA MASIHUL
AND LUCITA YAMONGAN,
Respondents.
AUGUST 10, 2017

RESOLUTION

ATAL-PAÑO, J.:

Before this Court is a Petition for Review 1 under Rule 42 of the


Rules of Court assailing the Resolutions 2 respectively dated
September 20, 2016 and July 6, 2017 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC),
9th Judicial Region, Branch 16, Zamboanga City.

A perusal of the instant petition, however, reveals that petitioners


failed to allege material dates showing the timeliness of its filing, to wit:
(a) the date of receipt of the September 20, 2016 Resolution and (b) the
date of filing a motion for reconsideration thereto, required under
Rule 42, Section 2 of the Rules of Court which provides:

*
Acting Junior Member, per Office Order No. 01-17-RSF dated July 17, 2017.
1
Rollo, pp. 3-23.
2
Id., pp. 65-68 and pp. 69-74.
CA-G.R. SP NO. 08225-MIN Page 2 of 3
Resolution

“Section 2. Form and contents. — The


petition shall be filed in seven (7) legible copies, with
the original copy intended for the court being
indicated as such by the petitioner, and shall (a) state
the full names of the parties to the case, without
impleading the lower courts or judges thereof either
as petitioners or respondents; (b) indicate the
specific material dates showing that it was filed on
time; (c) set forth concisely a statement of the
matters involved, the issues raised, the specification
of errors of fact or law, or both, allegedly committed
by the Regional Trial Court, and the reasons or
arguments relied upon for the allowance of the
appeal; (d) be accompanied by clearly legible
duplicate originals or true copies of the judgments or
final orders of both lower courts, certified correct by
the clerk of court of the Regional Trial Court, the
requisite number of plain copies thereof and of the
pleadings and other material portions of the record as
would support the allegations of the petition.

xxx x x x” (emphasis supplied)

Under Section 3 of the same Rule, the failure of the petitioner to


comply with any of the foregoing requirements including the payment of
docket fees, which in this case is short of P530.00, 3 shall be sufficient
ground for the dismissal of the petition.

It is settled that the payment of docket fees within the prescribed


period is mandatory for the perfection of an appeal. Without such
payment, the appeal is not perfected.4

The right to appeal is neither a natural right nor is it a component


of due process. It is a mere statutory privilege, and may be exercised
only in the manner and in accordance with the provisions of law. 5 A
party who seeks to avail of the right must, therefore, comply with the
requirements of the rules, failing which the right to appeal is invariably
lost.6

3
Id., p. 1.
4
Gipa, et. al., v. Southern Luzon Institute, G.R. No. 177425, June 18, 2014, citing Gonzales v. Pe,
G.R. No. 167398, August 8, 2011, 655 SCRA 176.
5
Toletino-Prieto v. Elvas, G.R. No. 192369, November 09, 2016, citing Boardwalk Business Ventures.
Inc. v. Villareal, Jr., G.R. No. 181182, April 10, 2013.
CA-G.R. SP NO. 08225-MIN Page 3 of 3
Resolution

IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, the petition is hereby


DISMISSED.

SO ORDERED.

(Original Signed)
PERPETUA T. ATAL-PAÑO
Associate Justice

WE CONCUR:

(ORIGINAL SIGNED)
(Original Signed)
LOUIS P. ACOSTA
EDGARDO T. LLOREN Associate Justice
Associate Justice

6
Manila Mining Corporation v. Amor, et. al., G.R. No. 182800, April 20, 2015, citing Philux, Inc.,
et al., v. NLRC, 586 Phil. 19, 26 (2008).

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