Facts:
Respondent Paredes appeared to have purchased a certain parcel of land of which he applied for a free patent. His application was approved and was issued with a Free Patent and an OCT on May 1, 1976. On June 27, 1984 theSangguniang Bayan adopted a resolution undertaking the assistance of the Municipality of San Francisco to recover possession of the land as it was averred to have been designated by the Bureau of Lands as a school site for the San Francisco Town Site Reservation, long before title to it was issued in private respondent's name. They also questioned the claim of the respondent to have posted his application for free patent on the door of their Municipal Hall because if he did they would have filed an opposition thereto. The Bureau of Lands filed the necessary action on their behalf for the recovery of the land, cancellation of the free patent title under the respondent’s name and the reversion of the land to the public domain. It also amended its complaint to include the Development Bank of the Philippines
