The Department of Agrarian Reform has put into place online filing and processing of agrarian-related cases amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
In compliance with health protocols under the new normal and as an urgent measure to mitigate the effects of the dreaded virus, Secretary John Castriciones said the agency is already accepting electronic filing, processing and completion of legal proceedings in cases under agrarian law implementation.
DAR clients can now file all their original petitions, applications and protests with supporting evidence, and subsequent submission of pleadings, motions, documents, or evidence involving agrarian law implementation cases through electronic transmission, he said.
“We are now processing agrarian-related cases online as a precautionary measure to prevent the further spread of the virus. Documents can now be sent as an email attachment in portable document format (PDF) and addressed to the official email accounts of the DAR regional directors or provincial agrarian reform program officers concerned,” he said.
The submission of the original copies or certified true copies of the documents shall be required to establish the authenticity of the files submitted.
The DAR chief said that all cases involving conversions and exclusions, or those under the jurisdiction of the land use cases committee or regional land use committee through the agrarian assistance division of the regional office, may be filed electronically and addressed to the official email account of the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance at [email protected].