Pay Rallos P44M, city told

IT’S final and official.

The Cebu City government has to pay at least P44 million to the Rallos family whose lot in Banilad Estate was expropriated in 1963 for a road project.

In Sept. 23, 2011, order, Judge James Stewart Ramon Himalaloan of the  Regional Trial Court Branch 9 gave the go signal for the  sheriff to issue a writ of execution against the city government.

The city government owes  P44,213,000 as just compensation with  interest of 12 percent per annum computed from Sept. 2, 2001, until fully paid.

The city earlier paid a partial amount of  P56.1 million  to the Rallos family, which includes P100,000 in litigation fees.

If the city government  can’t immediately pay the amount, it has to choose any of its properties, said the court. The writ of execution was approved by Jeoffrey Joaquino, overall Clerk of Court in Cebu City.

The case stemmed from the complaint filed by the heirs of Rev. Fr. Vicente Rallos against the city government. /Reporter Ador Vincent S. Mayol