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Res. 00004-2019 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección V · Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección V · 15/01/2019
OutcomeResultado
The necessary passive joinder objection is denied for lack of current interest of the third party sought to be joined, as the third party had withdrawn from a prior proceeding and renounced any rights to the property in dispute.Se rechaza la excepción de litis consorcio pasivo necesario por falta de interés actual del tercero que se pretendía integrar, dado que desistió de un proceso anterior y renunció a cualquier derecho sobre el inmueble en disputa.
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This resolution by the Administrative Court rejects a necessary passive joinder objection filed by the State, INDER, and SINAC. The request sought to join a third party as a defendant in a proceeding where the plaintiffs claim rights of ten-year possession over a property in the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve. The State argued there were overlaps between the cadastral maps of the two properties, which could affect the third party's rights. The Court found, however, that the third party had previously withdrawn from a similar case, expressly renounced any rights to the property, and stated they had no interest in the dispute. Therefore, lacking any current interest to protect, the Court denied the joinder. The ruling is strictly procedural, resolving only the proper joinder issue without addressing the merits of the land dispute.Esta resolución del Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo rechaza una excepción de litis consorcio pasivo necesaria planteada por el Estado, INDER y SINAC. La solicitud buscaba integrar a un tercero como demandado en un proceso de conocimiento donde las actoras reclaman derechos de posesión decenal sobre un inmueble en la Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce. El Estado argumentó que existían traslapes entre los planos catastrados de ambas fincas, lo que podría afectar los derechos del tercero. Sin embargo, el Tribunal determinó que el tercero había desistido previamente de un proceso similar, renunció expresamente a cualquier derecho sobre el inmueble y manifestó carecer de interés en esta discusión. Por tanto, al no existir un interés actual que proteger, se rechazó la integración del litis consorcio pasivo necesario. La resolución es de naturaleza procesal y no aborda el fondo de la disputa territorial, limitándose a resolver la cuestión de la debida integración de la litis.
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However, this Court considers that at this procedural stage and for the reasons set forth below, there is no interest in joining as a necessary passive litisconsorte [Person A], identity card number [ID number], who as plaintiff in the proceeding under case number 15-008151-1027-CA sought a property title for the property described in cadastral map P-829518-2002, with which there are small overlaps with the property of cadastral map number P-687965-2001, upon which the plaintiffs claim a property right based on ten-year possession. This is because, although it is true that [Person A] filed a proceeding under case number 15-008151-1027-CA against the State, INDER, and SINAC, which also sought—in general terms—to determine whether he had a possessory right over the property described in cadastral map number P-829518-2002—which is part of property number 6-39334-000 owned by the Rural Development Institute—and if so, to be granted a title to said land; it is also true that by ruling number 67-2018-VIII issued by Section Eight of this Court at 4:00 p.m. on July 24, 2018, supplemented by resolution 67-2018-BIS/VIII at 10:48 a.m. on October 18, 2018 (see associated documents folder of virtual case 15-008151-1027-CA), it was decided to grant "... the request for withdrawal of the proceeding filed by plaintiff [Person A]. Consequently, the proceeding is terminated and its archiving ordered once this resolution becomes final (...)...". In addition to the foregoing, [Person A] himself, through a brief presented by the plaintiffs' attorney in response to the hearing granted regarding the joinder request filed by Attorney Fallas Cubero and seconded by the representatives of INDER and SINAC, stated—as relevant—that: "...I acknowledge the request filed by the Attorney General's Office (...) it seems absurd that the Attorney General's Office intends to bring me as a defendant in this proceeding because (...) I have no right to claim, and given my economic circumstances I will never be able to hire an attorney to support what I am stating now. I expressly renounce being brought into this proceeding; I completely lack any interest in this discussion, which is foreign and absurd to me (...) I request that it be considered that I do not qualify as a litisconsorte, that I be excused from assuming a role that does not belong to me, and that instead causes me harm...". Consequently, this panel finds that the objection of failure to integrate the necessary passive litisconsortium must be rejected for lack of current interest, given that [Person A] himself not only states that he has no right to claim over the property described in cadastral map P-829518-2002—which is part of property number 6-39334-000 owned by the Rural Development Institute—and that according to the registered studies presented, it overlaps in small areas with the property of cadastral map number P-687965-2001, upon which the plaintiffs claim a property right based on ten-year possession; but also that he has no interest in the subject matter of this proceeding, to such an extent that he withdrew from the case where he claimed a real right over the property described in cadastral map P-829518-2002, which was processed under case 15-008151-1027-CA against the State, INDER, and SINAC, a request that was granted by Section Eight of this Court, terminating it with an award of costs against the plaintiff and ordering its archiving.No obstante lo anterior, este Tribunal considera que en este momento procesal y por las razones que de seguido se expondrán, carece de interés integrar como litis consorcio pasivo necesario a Nombre113660, cédula de identidad número CED89904, que como demandante en el proceso de conocimiento que se tramitó en expediente 15-008151-1027-CA, pretendió la entrega de un título de propiedad sobre el inmueble descrito en el plano catastrado P-829518-2002, con el que existen pequeños traslapes respecto a la finca del plano catastrado número P-687965-2001, sobre la cual, las actoras pretenden que se declare que tienen un derecho de propiedad por posesión decenal. Ello por cuanto, si bien es cierto Nombre113660, cédula de identidad número CED89904, interpuso un proceso de conocimiento que se tramitó en expediente 15-008151-1027-CA contra el Estado, el INDER y el SINAC, y cuyo objeto también consistía -en términos generales- en establecer si tenía o no un derecho de posesión sobre el inmueble descrito en el plano catastrado número P-829518-2002 -que forma parte de la finca número 6-39334-000 cuyo propietario es el Instituto de Desarrollo Rural-, y que de haber sido procedente, se le otorgara un título de propiedad sobre dicho terreno; también lo es, que por auto sentencia número 67-2018-VIII dictada por la Sección Octava de este Tribunal a las 16:00 horas del 24 de julio del 2018, adicionada por resolución 67-2018-BIS/VIII de las 10:48 horas del 18 de octubre del 2018 (ver carpeta de documentos asociados del expediente virtual 15-008151-1027-CA), se dispuso acoger "... la solicitud de desistimiento del proceso establecido por el actor Nombre113660. En consecuencia se da por terminado el proceso y se ordena su archivo una vez firme esta resolución (...)...". Aunado a lo anterior, el propio Nombre113660, mediante escrito presentado por el apoderado de las demandantes, a fin de contestar la audiencia conferida para que se refiriera a la solicitud de integración de la litis planteada por la Procuradora Fallas Cubero y secundada por los representes del INDER y del SINAC, manifestó -en lo que interesa- que: "...Me doy por notificado de la gestión planteada por la Procuraduría (...) me parece absurdo que la Procuraduría pretenda traerme como demandado en este proceso porque (...) no tengo ningún derecho que reclamar, y en mis condiciones económicas jamás podré recurrir a un abogado para sostener lo que en este momento señalo. Renuncio de manera expresa a ser traído a este proceso carezco absolutamente de interés en esta discusión, por serme ajena y absurda (...) pido se valore que no tengo ninguna condición de litisconsorte, se me exima de asumir un rol que no me pertenece, y más bien me causa perjuicios...". En consecuencia, este órgano colegiado estima que la excepción de falta de integración de la litis consorcio pasivo necesario debe rechazarse por falta de interés actual, dado que el propio Nombre113660, no sólo manifiesta que no tiene ningún derecho que reclamar sobre el inmueble descrito en el plano catastrado P-829518-2002 -que forma parte de la finca número 6-39334-000 cuyo propietario es el Instituto de Desarrollo Rural- y que según los estudios registrales presentados traslapa en pequeñas áreas con la finca del plano catastrado número P-687965-2001, sobre la cual, las actoras pretenden que se declare que tienen un derecho de propiedad por posesión decenal; sino también, que no tiene ningún interés en el objeto de este proceso de conocimiento, tan es así, que desistió de la causa en que alegaba tener un derecho real sobre la finca descrita en el plano catastrado P-829518-2002, que se tramitó bajo expediente 15-008151-1027-CA contra el Estado, el INDER y el SINAC, solicitud que fue acogida por la Sección Octava de este Tribunal, dándolo por terminado con condenatoria en costas para la parte actora y ordenándose su archivo.
Pull quotesCitas destacadas
"la excepción de falta de integración de la litis consorcio pasivo necesario debe rechazarse por falta de interés actual"
"the objection of failure to integrate the necessary passive litisconsortium must be rejected for lack of current interest"
Considerando II – Análisis del caso concreto
"la excepción de falta de integración de la litis consorcio pasivo necesario debe rechazarse por falta de interés actual"
Considerando II – Análisis del caso concreto
"no tengo ningún derecho que reclamar, y en mis condiciones económicas jamás podré recurrir a un abogado para sostener lo que en este momento señalo. Renuncio de manera expresa a ser traído a este proceso carezco absolutamente de interés en esta discusión"
"I have no right to claim, and given my economic circumstances I will never be able to hire an attorney to support what I am stating now. I expressly renounce being brought into this proceeding; I completely lack any interest in this discussion"
Manifestación del tercero interesado
"no tengo ningún derecho que reclamar, y en mis condiciones económicas jamás podré recurrir a un abogado para sostener lo que en este momento señalo. Renuncio de manera expresa a ser traído a este proceso carezco absolutamente de interés en esta discusión"
Manifestación del tercero interesado
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ASUNTO: PROCESO DE CONOCIMIENTO ACTORA: Nombre113656 Y OTRA DEMANDADOS: INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL, SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN Y EL ESTADO (Procuradora Susana Fallas Cubero) No. 04-2019-V TRIBUNAL CONTENCIOSO ADMINISTRATIVO. SECCIÓN QUINTA. Segundo Circuito Judicial de San José. Goicoechea, at eleven forty-five in the morning on January fifteenth, two thousand nineteen.
Objection of necessary passive joinder of parties (litis consorcio pasivo necesario), filed by the representative of the State, within the ordinary proceeding (proceso de conocimiento), brought by Nombre113656, in her capacity as executor of the ESTATE OF Nombre113657, represented by RICARDO ZELEDÓN ZELEDÓN, attorney ID number CED8633, in his capacity as special judicial representative (folios 188, 2298 of the judicial file); against the STATE, whose representative is the Procuradora appearing in the process, SUSANA FALLAS CUBERO, identity card number CED11322 (folio 307 of the judicial file); the INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL (INDER), whose Special Judicial Representative is NATANAEL BARRANTES AZOFEIFA, attorney ID number 19857 (folio 2338 of the judicial file); and the SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN (SINAC), represented by KAROL ROJAS CALDERÓN, attorney ID number 13249, in her capacity as Special Judicial Representative (see brief of May 9, 2016, in the filings folder of the virtual file).
RESULTANDO
CONSIDERANDO.
I.THE NECESSARY PASSIVE JOINDER OF PARTIES (LITIS CONSORCIO PASIVO NECESARIO).- In general terms, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice has considered that this figure seeks to guarantee the participation and defense in the process of all subjects whose substantive legal sphere will be affected by the final resolution of the matter, whether because the claim must be brought by a group of subjects, holders of the subjective interest whose protection or recognition is claimed (necessary active joinder of parties or litis consorcio activo necesario) or, because it must inevitably be directed against them (necessary passive joinder of parties or litis consorcio pasivo necesario) (Ruling number 156-F-TC-2008, of 8:45 hours on November 7, citing rulings number 29-F-TC-2008 of 14:15 hours on May 8, 2008, 30-F-TC-2008 of 14:20 on May 8, 2008, and no. 63-A-TC-2008 of 9:45 hours on June 11, 2008).
II.ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIFIC CASE.- In accordance with the foregoing, it is fundamental to determine whether or not the integration of the requested joinder of parties (litis) proceeds, to verify if the relationship brought to the process is of such a nature that it does not allow its division to resolve the underlying conflict. This analysis is made based on the claims outlined by the plaintiffs in their definitive complaint and claims brief (folios 2340 to 2383, 2384 to 2390 of the judicial file). In that sense and in general terms, the object of this process consists of determining if the plaintiffs have a right of possession over the real estate described in the cadastral map number P-687965-2001—which forms part of the farm number 6-39334-000 whose owner is the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural—and that, if it is appropriate, a property title be granted to them over said land. Now, the representative of the State provided a 'Study to determine if there is an overlap between the cadastral maps P-0829518-2002 and P-0687965-2001', carried out by the Subproceso de Conciliación Registral Catastral of the Registro Inmobiliario of the Registro Nacional, on May 25, 2018, in which it is concluded—in what is relevant—that "...The cadastral maps P-0829518-2002 and P-0687965-2011 have not generated a property title (...) Both maps present boundary lines (derroteros) with linear closure errors and area tolerance errors.
There is a partial overlap, which was obtained as a product of the assembly of the cadastral maps. For this, the respective localization and location of both were taken into account..." (images 2912 to 2922 of the virtual file, as of the date of issuance of this ruling); conclusions also reached by both the Head of Information and Land Registry of INDER, in official letter number IRT-0847-2018 of October 9, 2018, and the Department of Information and Regulation of the Territory of SINAC, by official letter number SINAC-SE-IRT-229 of October 9, 2018 (images 2939, 2940, 2962, and 2963 of the virtual file, as of the date of issuance of this ruling). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Tribunal considers that at this procedural moment and for the reasons that will be set forth below, there is no interest in integrating Nombre113660, identity card number CED89904, as a necessary passive joinder of parties, who as plaintiff in the ordinary proceeding processed in file 15-008151-1027-CA, sought the delivery of a property title for the real estate described in the cadastral map P-829518-2002, with which there are small overlaps regarding the farm of the cadastral map number P-687965-2001, over which the plaintiffs seek a declaration that they have a right of property by ten-year possession.
That is because, although it is true that Nombre113660, identity card number CED89904, filed an ordinary proceeding processed in file 15-008151-1027-CA against the State, INDER, and SINAC, and whose object also consisted—in general terms—in establishing whether or not he had a right of possession over the real estate described in the cadastral map number P-829518-2002—which forms part of the farm number 6-39334-000 whose owner is the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural—and that, had it been appropriate, a property title be granted to him over said land; it is also true, that by judgment-order number 67-2018-VIII issued by Section Eight of this Tribunal at 16:00 hours on July 24, 2018, supplemented by ruling 67-2018-BIS/VIII of 10:48 hours on October 18, 2018 (see associated documents folder of virtual file 15-008151-1027-CA), it was ordered to accept "... the request for withdrawal (desistimiento) of the process established by the plaintiff Nombre113660.
Consequently, the process is terminated and its archiving is ordered once this ruling becomes final (...) Order No. 67-2018-VIII of this Tribunal, of sixteen hours on July twenty-fourth, two thousand eighteen, is supplemented, solely insofar as the plaintiff is condemned to pay both costs of this action and the interest they generate from when they are fixed until their effective payment, amounts that will be determined in the execution of judgment phase, in all other respects it remains unchanged...". In addition to the foregoing, Nombre113660 himself, through a brief filed by the representative of the plaintiffs, in order to respond to the hearing granted for him to refer to the request for integration of the joinder of parties raised by Procuradora Fallas Cubero and seconded by the representatives of INDER and SINAC, stated—in what is relevant—that: "...I consider myself notified of the action filed by the Procuraduría (...) it seems absurd to me that the Procuraduría intends to bring me as a defendant in this process because (...) I do not have any right to claim, and in my economic conditions I will never be able to resort to a lawyer to sustain what I state at this moment.
I expressly waive being brought to this process. I absolutely lack interest in this discussion, as it is alien and absurd to me (...) I request that it be assessed that I have no condition as a joinder of parties member (litisconsorte), that I be exempted from assuming a role that does not belong to me, and that instead causes me harm..." (images 2957 to 2959 of the virtual file, as of the date of issuance of this ruling; the highlighting is not from the original). Consequently, this collegiate body considers that the objection of lack of integration of the necessary passive joinder of parties must be rejected for lack of current interest, given that Nombre113660 himself not only states that he has no right to claim over the real estate described in the cadastral map P-829518-2002—which forms part of the farm number 6-39334-000 whose owner is the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural—and which, according to the registry studies presented, overlaps in small areas with the farm of the cadastral map number P-687965-2001, over which the plaintiffs seek a declaration that they have a right of property by ten-year possession; but also, that he has no interest in the object of this ordinary proceeding, so much so, that he withdrew from the cause in which he claimed to have a real right over the farm described in the cadastral map P-829518-2002, processed under file 15-008151-1027-CA against the State, INDER, and SINAC, a request that was accepted by Section Eight of this Tribunal, terminating it with an award of costs against the plaintiff and ordering its archiving.
For all the foregoing, the objection of necessary passive joinder of parties filed by the State and seconded by the representatives of INDER and SINAC is rejected for lack of current interest. All parties are warned, that once they are notified of this ruling, they must indicate within a period of three business days whether or not they will file an appeal against this judgment-order—and if affirmative, they must provide a copy with the received stamp of the Tribunal de Apelaciones—the foregoing in order to take the necessary precautions, given the request of the representative of the State, aimed at suspending the oral and public trial hearing, scheduled for February 11 and 12, 2019.
POR TANTO
The objection of necessary passive joinder of parties (litis consorcio pasivo necesario) filed by the State and seconded by the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural and the Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación is rejected for lack of current interest. All parties are warned, that once they are notified of this ruling, they must indicate within a period of three business days whether or not they will file an appeal against this judgment-order—and if affirmative, they must provide a copy with the received stamp of the Tribunal de Apelaciones—the foregoing in order to take the necessary precautions, given the request of the representative of the State, aimed at suspending the oral and public trial hearing, scheduled for February 11 and 12, 2019. Notify.- Marianella Álvarez Molina Ileana Isabel Sánchez Navarro Sergio Mena García ASUNTO: PROCESO DE CONOCIMIENTO ACTORA: Nombre113656 Y OTRA DEMANDADOS: INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL, SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN Y EL ESTADO (Procuradora Susana Fallas Cubero) Nombre113663, JUEZ/A DECISOR/A Email ...01 Second Judicial Circuit of San José, Directorate144 (Old Motorola Building) ASUNTO: PROCESO DE CONOCIMIENTO ACTORA: Nombre113656 AND ANOTHER DEMANDADOS: INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL, SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN AND THE STATE (Procuradora Susana Fallas Cubero) No. 04-2019-V ADMINISTRATIVE LITIGATION COURT. FIFTH SECTION. Second Judicial Circuit of San José. Goicoechea, at eleven forty-five hours on the fifteenth of January of two thousand nineteen.
Preliminary objection of necessary joinder of passive co-litigants (*litis consorcio pasivo necesario*), filed by the representative of the State, within the declaratory proceeding (*proceso de conocimiento*), brought by Nombre113656, in her capacity as executor of the ESTATE OF Nombre113657, represented by RICARDO ZELEDÓN ZELEDÓN, attorney ID card CED8633, in his capacity as special judicial representative *(folios 188, 2298 of the judicial file)*; against the STATE, whose representative is the Procuradora appearing in the proceeding, SUSANA FALLAS CUBERO, identity card number CED11322 *(folio 307 of the judicial file)*; the INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL (INDER), whose Special Judicial Representative is NATANAEL BARRANTES AZOFEIFA, attorney ID card 19857 *(folio 2338 of the judicial file)*; and the SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN (SINAC), represented by KAROL ROJAS CALDERÓN, attorney ID card 13249, in her capacity as Special Judicial Representative *(see brief dated May 09, 2016, in the filings folder of the virtual file)*.
RESULTANDO
The MORAL DAMAGE whose condemnation is sought was because they were forced to live in the thickest part of the mountains of Costa Rica, suffering for more than 50 years, waiting for Nombre113656 and Nombre113658, today his succession, his family of small children, for a fair payment for the farms, while they paid with annual illnesses of the children, in an environment of extremely high mortality rate, lack of electric power, lack of roads and land transportation forcing them to leave those places by boat, without telephone communication for any emergency, lack of the possibility of being able to study in Schools or High Schools, the children besieged by the dangers of the mountain with lone men, many sexual predators causing great harm to the girls (with pregnancies at 12 years of age), and likewise many violent and quarrelsome people, even hidden criminals, because the children had to be taken out of the mountains to wherever even if they were of a young age like 10 years, scattering the family, in sum paying for the conservation of the forests with poverty and hunger, where the environmental Public Administration did not allow them at all the hunting that is how one subsists in the mountains of any part of the world, also prevented from extracting fallen timber, preferring that it rot, using with other patterns Nombre113661 and Nombre113658, and their children, to obtain a future job as peons, since from the farm only a few products were obtained without being able to cover the minimum expenses for food, or fallen branches for fire. 13) I ask that the parties be condemned, in the manner as indicated, to pay for this concept (of MORAL DAMAGE and MATERIAL DAMAGE) to each one of the plaintiffs the sum of FIFTY MILLION COLONES.
SUBSIDIARILY. In the event that the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural is not condemned to CLAIM No. 9, consisting of DELIVERING to Nombre113656 and to the SUCCESSION Nombre113658, THE DEEDS, AS USUCAPIENTS AT THE TIME OF THE CREATION of the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve, as perfect private property, because it was acquired by usucapion against the properties of the company OSA PRODUCTOS FORESTALES, without forestry limitations nor those of the Law of Lands and Colonization regulations, I ask that the FOLLOWING BE DECLARED:
1. THE STATE is condemned, subsidiarily the INDER and SINAC, to PAY to Nombre113656 and to the SUCCESSION Nombre113662, adding the possession of their transferors, in execution of judgment, the value of the farm not expropriated since 1978 through their fault and UNDER THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY for failing by all possible means to comply with Executive Decrees No. 8494-A of April 28, 1978, Articles 9, 10, 11 where it was ordered to EXPROPRIATE the private or usucapted farms within the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve (La Gaceta No. 104 of June 1, 1978), the amending Decree corresponding to No. 9388-A of November 30, 1978, Article 2, where the EXPROPRIATION of the previously mentioned farms is again stipulated (La Gaceta No. 239 of December 15, 1978), Decree No. 10.088-G-H where the expropriation of the lands of the Osa was ordered (Alcance No. 6 to La Gaceta No. 102 of June 1, 1979), the judgment of the Sala Constitucional No. 97-256 of 11 hours 3 minutes of May 2, 1977 where "the Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía, through the Dirección General Forestal or the Dirección Nacional de Áreas de Conservación, was condemned to comply with Executive Decrees 84-94-A, 9388-A and 10.142 to initiate the expropriation proceedings on the lands to which the IDA recognized them as possessors for more than 40 years as of 2005, and which are described thus: Plot No. 111 of sector 7, located in Rancho Quemado, Sierpe district, Osa Canton, Puntarenas, boundaries: NORTH: Quebrada Chiquerón, SOUTH: Aladina Gatgens c.c.
Alice; EAST: Nombre113659 and Juan Humberto Arias Chavarría and WEST: Nombre113660, measures 83 hectares 7,523.67 square meters, according to cadastral plan of the Registro Nacional number P-687965-2001. (Memorial OS0-820-05 of December 9, 2005). 2. THE STATE, the INDER, and SINAC be condemned to pay Nombre113656 and the SUCCESSION Nombre113658, in execution of judgment, through the respective appraisal, the farm valued at a price of no less than ¢10 MILLION per hectare (TEN MILLION COLONES PER HECTARE) which was the market price determined when the proceedings of this lawsuit were initiated. CLAIM COMMON TO BOTH.
Regardless of whether the STATE, INDER, and SINAC are found liable for the main claim with petition No. 9, or the subsidiary claim for compensation as if it were an expropriation, costs of this action must be paid to Nombre113656 and the SUCESIÓN Nombre113658...\" (folios 2384 to 2390 of the judicial case file; 2449 to 2453, 2835 to 2840 of the virtual case file as of the date of issuance of this resolution).
CONSIDERANDO.
Io.- THE NECESSARY PASSIVE LITIS CONSORTIUM (LITIS CONSORCIO PASIVO NECESARIO).- Generally speaking, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice has considered that this figure seeks to guarantee the participation and defense in the process of all subjects whose substantial legal sphere will be affected by the final resolution of the matter, either because the claim must be filed by a group of subjects, holders of the subjective interest whose protection or recognition is sought (necessary active litis consortium (litis consorcio activo necesario)) or, because it must inevitably be directed against them (necessary passive litis consortium (litis consorcio pasivo necesario)) (Resolution number 156-F-TC-2008, of 8:45 a.m. on November 7, citing resolutions numbers 29-F-TC-2008 of 2:15 p.m. on May 8, 2008, 30-F-TC-2008 of 2:20 p.m. on May 8, 2008, and no. 63-A-TC-2008 of 9:45 a.m. on June 11, 2008).
IIo.- ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIFIC CASE.- In accordance with the foregoing, it is fundamental to determine whether the requested litis joinder is appropriate, by verifying whether the relationship brought to the process is of such nature that it does not allow its division to resolve the substantive conflict. This analysis is made based on the claims outlined by the plaintiffs in their definitive statement of claim and claims *(folios 2340 to 2383, 2384 to 2390 of the judicial case file)*. In that sense and in general terms, the object of this process is to determine whether the plaintiffs have a possession right over the property described in cadastral map number P-687965-2001 *—which forms part of property number 6-39334-000 whose owner is the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural—*, and that if appropriate, a property title over said land be granted to them. However, the State's representative provided a *"Study to determine if there is an overlap between cadastral maps P-0829518-2002 and P-0687965-2001",* conducted by the Sub-Process of Registry Cadastral Conciliation (Sub Proceso de Conciliación Registral Catastral) of the Real Estate Registry (Registro Inmobiliario) of the National Registry, on May 25, 2018, in which it is concluded *—in relevant part—* that *"...Cadastral maps P-0829518-2002 and P-0687965-2011 have not generated a property title (...) Both maps present bearings with linear closure and area tolerance errors.
There is a partial overlap, which was obtained as a product of the assembly of the cadastral maps. For this, the respective location and placement of both were taken into account..."* *(images 2912 to 2922 of the virtual case file, as of the date of issuance of this resolution);* conclusions also reached by both the Head of Information and Land Registry of INDER, in official letter number IRT-0847-2018 of October 9, 2018, and the Department of Information and Territory Regularization (Departamento de Información y Regularización del Territorio) of SINAC, by official letter number SINAC-SE-IRT-229 of October 9, 2018 *(images 2939, 2940, 2962 and 2963 of the virtual case file, as of the date of issuance of this resolution).* Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Court considers that at this procedural stage and for the reasons that will be set forth below, it lacks interest in joining as necessary passive litis consortium Nombre113660, identity card number CED89904, who as the plaintiff in the declaratory proceeding processed in case file 15-008151-1027-CA, sought the delivery of a property title over the property described in cadastral map P-829518-2002, which has minor overlaps with the property of cadastral map number P-687965-2001, over which the plaintiffs seek a declaration that they have a property right by ten-year possession.
This is because, although it is true that Nombre113660, identity card number CED89904, filed a declaratory proceeding that was processed in case file 15-008151-1027-CA against the State, INDER, and SINAC, and whose object also consisted *—in general terms—* of establishing whether or not he had a possession right over the property described in cadastral map number P-829518-2002 *—which forms part of property number 6-39334-000 whose owner is the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural—*, and that if it had been appropriate, a property title over said land be granted to him; it is also true that by judgment-order (auto sentencia) number 67-2018-VIII issued by the Eighth Section of this Court at 16:00 hours on July 24, 2018, supplemented by resolution 67-2018-BIS/VIII at 10:48 hours on October 18, 2018 *(see associated documents folder of virtual case file 15-008151-1027-CA)*, it was ordered to accept *"... the motion to withdraw from the process filed by the plaintiff Nombre113660.
Consequently, the process is terminated and its archiving is ordered once this resolution is final (...)* *The order No. 67-2018-VIII of this Court, of sixteen hundred hours on July twenty-fourth, two thousand eighteen, is supplemented, only in that the plaintiff is ordered to pay the costs of this action and the interest that these generate from the time they are fixed and until their effective payment, amounts that will be determined in the judgment enforcement phase; in all other respects, it remains unaltered...".* In addition to the above, Nombre113660 himself, through a brief submitted by the plaintiffs' legal representative, in order to respond to the hearing granted for him to address the request for litis joinder filed by Procuradora Fallas Cubero and seconded by the representatives of INDER and SINAC, stated *—in relevant part—* that: *"...I am notified of the request filed by the Procuraduría (...) it seems absurd to me that the Procuraduría intends to bring me as a defendant in this process because (...)* *I do not have any right to claim, and in my economic conditions I will never be able to resort to a lawyer to sustain what I state at this moment. * *I expressly waive being brought into this process as I completely lack interest in this discussion, as it is alien and absurd to me* *(...) I ask that it be valued that I have no condition of litisconsorte, that I be exempted from assuming a role that does not belong to me, and rather causes me harm..." (images 2957 to 2959 of the virtual case file, as of the date of issuance of this resolution; the highlighting is not from the original).* Consequently, this collegiate body considers that the defense (excepción) of failure to join the necessary passive litis consortium must be rejected due to lack of current interest, given that Nombre113660 himself, not only states that he does not have any right to claim over the property described in cadastral map P-829518-2002 *—which forms part of property number 6-39334-000 whose owner is the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural—* and that according to the registry studies presented overlaps in small areas with the property of cadastral map number P-687965-2001, over which the plaintiffs seek a declaration that they have a property right by ten-year possession; but also, that he has no interest in the object of this declaratory proceeding, so much so, that he withdrew from the cause in which he alleged having a right in rem (derecho real) over the property described in cadastral map P-829518-2002, which was processed under case file 15-008151-1027-CA against the State, INDER, and SINAC, a request that was accepted by the Eighth Section of this Court, terminating it with an award of costs against the plaintiff and ordering its archiving.
For all the foregoing reasons, the defense of necessary passive litis consortium filed by the State and seconded by the representatives of INDER and SINAC is rejected due to lack of current interest. All parties are warned (Se previene a todas las partes) that once this resolution is notified to them, they must indicate within three business days whether or not they will file an appeal against this judgment-order *—and if affirmative, they must provide a copy with the received stamp of the Court of Appeals—*, the foregoing in order to take the necessary precautions in the case, given the request of the State's representative, aimed at suspending the oral and public trial hearing, scheduled for February 11 and 12, 2019.
POR TANTO
The defense of necessary passive litis consortium (litis consorcio pasivo necesario) filed by the State and seconded by the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural and the Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación is rejected, for lack of current interest. All parties are warned (Se previene a todas las partes) that once this resolution is notified to them, they must indicate within three business days whether or not they will file an appeal against this judgment-order (auto sentencia) *—and if affirmative, they must provide a copy with the received stamp of the Court of Appeals—*, the foregoing in order to take the necessary precautions in the case, given the request of the State's representative, aimed at suspending the oral and public trial hearing, scheduled for February 11 and 12, 2019. Notifíquese.- Marianella Álvarez Molina Ileana Isabel Sánchez Navarro Sergio Mena García ASUNTO: PROCESO DE CONOCIMIENTO ACTORA: Nombre113656 Y OTRA DEMANDADOS: INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL, SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN Y EL ESTADO (Procuradora Susana Fallas Cubero) | Documento firmado por: | | Nombre113663 , JUEZ/A DECISOR/A | | SERGIO MENA GARCÍA, JUEZ/A DECISOR/A | | ILEANA SÁNCHEZ NAVARRO, JUEZ/A DECISOR/A | Goicoechea, at eleven hours forty-five minutes on the fifteenth of January of two thousand nineteen.
Exception of necessary passive joinder of parties, filed by the representative of the State, within the ordinary proceeding, brought by Nombre113656 , in his capacity as executor of the SUCESIÓN DE Nombre113657 , represented by RICARDO ZELEDÓN ZELEDÓN, attorney ID card CED8633, in his capacity as special judicial representative *(folios 188, 2298 of the judicial file)*; against the STATE, whose representative is the Procuradora appearing in the proceeding, SUSANA FALLAS CUBERO, identity card number CED11322 *(folio 307 of the judicial file)*; the INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL (INDER), whose Special Judicial Representative is NATANAEL BARRANTES AZOFEIFA, attorney ID card 19857 *(folio 2338 of the judicial file)*; and the SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN (SINAC), represented by KAROL ROJAS CALDERÓN, attorney ID card 13249 , in her capacity as Special Judicial Representative *(see brief of May 9, 2016, in the filings folder of the virtual file).*
RESULTANDO
The MORAL DAMAGE for which a finding of liability is requested was because they were forced to live in the thickest of the mountains of Costa Rica, suffered for more than 50 years, awaiting, Nombre113656 and Nombre113658, today his succession, his family of small children, for a fair payment for the farms, while they paid with annual illnesses of the children, in an environment of extremely high mortality rate, lack of electric power, lack of roads and land transportation forcing them to leave those places by boat, without telephone communication for any emergency, lack of the possibility of being able to study in Schools or High Schools, the children besieged by the dangers of the mountain with lone men, many sexual deviants causing great harm to the girls (with pregnancies at 12 years of age), and likewise many violent and quarrelsome individuals, even hidden criminals, because the children had to be removed from the mountains to anywhere even if they were of a young age like 10 years, scattering the family, in sum paying for the conservation of the forests with poverty and hunger, where the environmental Public Administration absolutely forbade them hunting, which is how one subsists in the mountains anywhere in the world, also prevented from removing fallen timber, preferring it to rot, using other employers, Nombre113661 and Nombre113658, and their children, to obtain future work as laborers, since only a few products were obtained from the farm, which could not cover the minimum food expenses, or fallen branches for the fire. 13) I request that the parties be ordered, in the manner indicated, to pay for this concept (of MORAL DAMAGE and MATERIAL DAMAGE) to each one of the plaintiffs the sum of FIFTY MILLION COLONES.
IN THE ALTERNATIVE. In the event that the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural is not ordered to PRETENSION No. 9, consisting of DELIVERING to Nombre113656 and to the SUCESIÓN Nombre113658, THE DEEDS, AS ADVERSE POSSESSORS AT THE TIME OF THE CREATION of the Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce, as perfect private property, because it was acquired by adverse possession against the properties of the company OSA PRODUCTOS FORESTALES, without forest limitations nor those of the regulations of the Ley de Tierras y Colonización, I request that THE FOLLOWING BE DECLARED:
l. THE STATE is ordered, alternatively the INDER and SINAC, to PAY to Nombre113656 and to the SUCESIÓN Nombre113662, adding the possession of their transferors, in execution of judgment, the value of the farm not expropriated since 1978 due to their fault and UNDER THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY by failing by all possible means to comply with Decretos Ejecutivos No. 8494-A of April 28, 1978, Articles 9, 10, 11 where it was ordered TO EXPROPRIATE the private or adversely possessed farms within the Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce (La Gaceta No. 104 of June 1, 1978), the amending Decreto corresponding to No. 9388-A of November 30, 1978, Article 2, where it is stipulated again the EXPROPRIATION of the farms previously referred to (La Gaceta No. 239 of December 15, 1978), Decreto No. 10.088-G-H where the expropriation of the lands of the Osa was ordered (Alcance No. 6 to La Gaceta No. 102 of June 1, 1979), the judgment of the Sala Constitucional No. 97-256 at 11 hours 3 minutes of May 2, 1977 where "the Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía was ordered, through the Dirección General Forestal or the Dirección Nacional de Áreas de Conservación, to comply with Decretos Ejecutivos 84-94-A, 9388-A and 10.142 to initiate expropriation proceedings on the lands for which the IDA recognized them as possessors for more than 40 years as of 2005, and which are described thus: Parcela No. 111 of sector 7, located in Rancho Quemado, Sierpe district.
Cantón Osa, Puntarenas, bordering: NORTH: Quebrada Chiquerón, SOUTH: Aladina Gatgens c.c. Alice; EAST: Nombre113659 and Juan Humberto Arias Chavarría and WEST: Nombre113660, measuring 83 hectares 7,523.67 square meters, according to cadastral plan of the Registro Nacional number P-687965-2001. (Memorial OS0-820-05 of December 9, 2005).
2. THE STATE, the INDER and SINAC are ordered to pay Nombre113656 and the SUCESIÓN Nombre113658, in execution of judgment, by means of the respective appraisal, the farm valued at a price of no less than ¢10 MILLION per hectare (TEN MILLION COLONES PER HECTARE) which was the market price determined when the proceedings of this lawsuit were initiated.
COMMON PRETENSION TO BOTH.
Independently, whether the STATE, INDER, and SINAC are ordered on the main claim with Petition No. 9, or the subsidiary claim for compensation as if it were an expropriation, Nombre113656 and the SUCESIÓN Nombre113658 must be paid, both court costs of this action..." (folios 2384 to 2390 of the judicial case file; 2449 to 2453, 2835 to 2840 of the virtual case file as of the date this decision was issued).
CONSIDERANDO.
Io.- THE NECESSARY PASSIVE LITISCONSORTIUM.- In general terms, the First Chamber (Sala Primera) of the Supreme Court of Justice has considered that this figure seeks to guarantee the participation and defense in the proceeding of all subjects whose substantial legal sphere will be affected by the final resolution of the matter, either because the claim must be filed by a group of subjects, holders of the subjective interest whose protection or recognition is being claimed (necessary active litisconsortium, litis consorcio activo necesario) or, because it must inevitably be directed against them (necessary passive litisconsortium) (Resolution number 156-F-TC-2008, of 8:45 a.m. on November 7, citing resolutions numbers 29-F-TC-2008 of 2:15 p.m. on May 8, 2008, 30-F-TC-2008 of 2:20 p.m. on May 8, 2008, and no. 63-A-TC-2008 of 9:45 a.m. on June 11, 2008).
IIo.- ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIFIC CASE.- In accordance with the foregoing, it is essential to determine whether or not the requested litisconsortium joinder (integración de la litis) is appropriate, to verify if the relationship brought to the proceeding is of such a nature that it does not allow its division to resolve the substantive conflict. This analysis is made based on the claims outlined by the plaintiffs in their definitive complaint and claims brief (written) (folios 2340 to 2383, 2384 to 2390 of the judicial case file). In that sense and in general terms, the object of this proceeding consists of determining whether the plaintiffs have a right of possession over the real estate described in cadastral survey plan number P-687965-2001 —which forms part of farm number 6-39334-000 whose owner is the Institute of Rural Development (INDER)—, and that if appropriate, a property title be granted to them over said land.
Now, the State's representative provided a "Study to determine if there is an overlap between cadastral survey plans P-0829518-2002 and P-0687965-2001," carried out by the Sub-Process of Cadastral Registry Conciliation of the Real Estate Registry of the National Registry, on May 25, 2018, in which it is concluded —in what is relevant— that "...Cadastral survey plans P-0829518-2002 and P-0687965-2011 have not generated a property title (...) Both plans present boundaries (derroteros) with linear closure errors and area tolerance errors. There is a partial overlap, which was obtained as a product of the assembly of the cadastral survey plans. For this, the respective localization and location of both were taken into account..." (images 2912 to 2922 of the virtual case file, as of the date this decision was issued); conclusions also reached by both the Head of Information and Land Registry of INDER, in official communication number IRT-0847-2018 of October 9, 2018, and the Department of Information and Regularization of Territory of SINAC, by official communication number SINAC-SE-IRT-229 of October 9, 2018 (images 2939, 2940, 2962 and 2963 of the virtual case file, as of the date this decision was issued).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Court considers that at this procedural moment and for the reasons that will be set forth below, it lacks interest in joining Nombre113660 , identity card number CED89904, as a necessary passive litisconsortium, who as plaintiff in the declaratory proceeding processed in case file 15-008151-1027-CA, sought the delivery of a property title over the real estate described in cadastral survey plan P-829518-2002, with which there are small overlaps regarding the farm of cadastral survey plan number P-687965-2001, over which the plaintiffs seek a declaration that they have a property right by ten-year possession. This is because, although it is true Nombre113660 , identity card number CED89904, filed a declaratory proceeding that was processed in case file 15-008151-1027-CA against the State, INDER, and SINAC, and whose object also consisted —in general terms— of establishing whether or not he had a right of possession over the real estate described in cadastral survey plan number P-829518-2002 —which forms part of farm number 6-39334-000 whose owner is the Institute of Rural Development—, and that had it been appropriate, a property title would be granted to him over said land; it is also true, that by judgment order (auto sentencia) number 67-2018-VIII issued by the Eighth Section of this Court at 4:00 p.m. on July 24, 2018, supplemented by resolution 67-2018-BIS/VIII at 10:48 a.m. on October 18, 2018 (see associated documents folder of virtual case file 15-008151-1027-CA), it was ordered to grant "... the request for dismissal of the proceeding (desistimiento) filed by the plaintiff Nombre113660 .
Consequently, the proceeding is terminated and its archiving is ordered once this resolution becomes final (...) Judgment order No. 67-2018-VIII of this Court, of four o'clock in the afternoon on July twenty-fourth, two thousand eighteen, is supplemented, solely insofar as the plaintiff is ordered to pay both court costs of this action and the interest they generate from when they are determined until their effective payment, amounts that will be determined in the judgment execution phase; in all other respects, it remains unchanged...". Added to the foregoing, Nombre113660 himself, through a brief submitted by the plaintiffs' legal representative, in order to respond to the hearing granted for him to address the litisconsortium joinder request raised by State Attorney Fallas Cubero and seconded by the representatives of INDER and SINAC, stated —in what is relevant— that: "...I consider myself notified of the motion filed by the State Attorney's Office (...) it seems absurd to me that the State Attorney's Office intends to bring me in as a defendant in this proceeding because (...) I have no right to claim, and in my economic conditions I will never be able to resort to a lawyer to sustain what I state at this moment.
I expressly waive being brought into this proceeding. I absolutely lack interest in this discussion, as it is foreign and absurd to me (...) I request that it be valued that I have no condition as a litisconsort (litisconsorte), that I be exempted from assuming a role that does not belong to me, and rather causes me harm..." (images 2957 to 2959 of the virtual case file, as of the date this decision was issued; the highlighting is not from the original). Consequently, this collegiate body considers that the exception (excepción) of lack of joinder of the necessary passive litisconsortium must be rejected due to lack of current interest, given that Nombre113660 himself, not only states that he has no right to claim over the real estate described in cadastral survey plan P-829518-2002 —which forms part of farm number 6-39334-000 whose owner is the Institute of Rural Development— and that according to the registry studies presented overlaps in small areas with the farm of cadastral survey plan number P-687965-2001, over which the plaintiffs seek a declaration that they have a property right by ten-year possession; but also, that he has no interest in the object of this declaratory proceeding, so much so, that he dismissed (desistió de) the cause in which he alleged having a real right over the farm described in cadastral survey plan P-829518-2002, which was processed under case file 15-008151-1027-CA against the State, INDER, and SINAC, a request that was granted by the Eighth Section of this Court, terminating it with an order for court costs against the plaintiff and ordering its archiving.
For all the foregoing reasons, the exception of necessary passive litisconsortium filed by the State and seconded by the representatives of INDER and SINAC is rejected for lack of current interest. All parties are forewarned (se previene), that once they are notified of this resolution, they must indicate within a period of three business days whether or not they will file an appeal against this judgment order —and if affirmative, they must provide a copy with the received stamp of the Appeals Court (Tribunal de Apelaciones)—, the foregoing in order to take the necessary precautions, given the State's representative's request, aimed at suspending the public oral hearing, scheduled for February 11 and 12, 2019.
POR TANTO
The exception of necessary passive litisconsortium filed by the State and seconded by the Institute of Rural Development and the National System of Conservation Areas is rejected, due to lack of current interest. All parties are forewarned, that once they are notified of this resolution, they must indicate within a period of three business days whether or not they will file an appeal against this judgment order —and if affirmative, they must provide a copy with the received stamp of the Appeals Court—, the foregoing in order to take the necessary precautions, given the State's representative's request, aimed at suspending the public oral hearing, scheduled for February 11 and 12, 2019. Notifíquese.- Marianella Álvarez Molina Ileana Isabel Sánchez Navarro Sergio Mena García ASUNTO: PROCESO DE CONOCIMIENTO ACTORA: Nombre113656 Y OTRA DEMANDADOS: INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL, SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN Y EL ESTADO (Procuradora Susana Fallas Cubero) | Documento firmado por: | | Nombre113663 , JUEZ/A DECISOR/A | | SERGIO MENA GARCÍA, JUEZ/A DECISOR/A | | ILEANA SÁNCHEZ NAVARRO, JUEZ/A DECISOR/A |
Firmar Documento TRIBUNAL CONTENCIOSO ADMINISTRATIVO Central 2545-0003. Fax 2545-0033. Correo Electrónico ...01 Segundo Circuito Judicial de San José, Dirección144 (Antiguo Edificio Motorola) ASUNTO: PROCESO DE CONOCIMIENTO ACTORA: Nombre113656 Y OTRA DEMANDADOS: INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL, SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN Y EL ESTADO (Procuradora Susana Fallas Cubero) No. 04-2019-V TRIBUNAL CONTENCIOSO ADMINISTRATIVO. SECCIÓN QUINTA. Segundo Circuito Judicial de San José. Goicoechea, a las once horas cuarenta y cinco minutos del quince de enero del dos mil diecinueve.
Excepción de litis consorcio pasivo necesario, interpuesta por la representante del Estado, dentro del proceso de conocimiento, planteado por Nombre113656 , en su condición de albacea de la SUCESIÓN DE Nombre113657 , representada por RICARDO ZELEDÓN ZELEDÓN, carné de abogado CED8633, en su condición de apoderado especial judicial (folios 188, 2298 del expediente judicial); contra el ESTADO, cuya representante es la Procuradora apersonada al proceso, SUSANA FALLAS CUBERO, cédula de identidad número CED11322 (folio 307 del expediente judicial); el INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL (INDER), cuyo Apoderad Especial Judicial es NATANAEL BARRANTES AZOFEIFA, carné de abogado 19857 (folio 2338 del expediente judicial); y el SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN (SINAC), representado por KAROL ROJAS CALDERÓN, carné de abogada 13249, en su condición de Apoderada Especial Judicial (ver memorial del 09 de mayo del 2016, en la carpeta de escritos del expediente virtual).
RESULTANDO
CONSIDERANDO.
Io.- EL LITIS CONSORCIO PASIVO NECESARIO.- En términos generales, la Sala Primera de la Corte Suprema de Justicia ha considerado, que con esta figura se busca garantizar la participación y defensa en el proceso de todos los sujetos cuya esfera jurídica sustancial será afectada con la resolución definitiva del asunto, sea porque la pretensión deba ser planteada por un cúmulo de sujetos, titulares del interés subjetivo cuya tutela o reconocimiento se reclama (litis consorcio activo necesario) o, por cuanto aquélla debe indefectiblemente dirigirse en su contra (litis consorcio pasivo necesario) (Resolución número 156-F-TC-2008, de 8:45 horas del 7 de noviembre, citando las resoluciones números 29-F-TC-2008 de las 14:15 horas del 8 de mayo de 2008, 30-F-TC-2008 de las 14:20 del 8 de mayo de 2008 y no. 63-A-TC-2008 de las 9:45 horas del 11 de junio de 2008).
IIo.- ANÁLISIS DEL CASO CONCRETO.- De conformidad con lo antes expuesto, resulta fundamental para determinar si procede o no la integración de la litis solicitada, verificar si la relación que se trae al proceso es de naturaleza tal que no permita su división para resolver el conflicto de fondo. Este análisis se hace a partir de las pretensiones esbozadas por las actoras en su escrito definitivo demanda y de pretensiones (folios 2340 a 2383, 2384 a 2390 del expediente judicial). En ese sentido y en términos generales, el objeto de este proceso constituye en determinar si las demandantes tienen un derecho de posesión sobre el inmueble descrito en el plano catastrado número P-687965-2001 -que forma parte de la finca número 6-39334-000 cuyo propietario es el Instituto de Desarrollo Rural-, y que de ser procedente se les otorgue un título de propiedad sobre dicho terreno. Ahora bien, la representante del Estado aportó un "Estudio para determinar si existe traslape entre los planos catastrados P-0829518-2002 y P-0687965-2001", realizado por el Sub Proceso de Conciliación Registral Catastral del Registro Inmobiliario del Registro Nacional, el 25 de mayo del 2018, en el cual, se concluye -en lo que interesa- que "...Los planos catastrados P-0829518-2002 y P-0687965-2011 no han generado título de propiedad (...) Ambos planos presentan derroteros con errores de cierre lineal y de tolerancia de área.
Existe un traslape parcial, el cual se obtuvo como producto del montaje de los planos catastrados. Para esto se tomó en cuenta la localización y la ubicación respectiva de ambos..." (imágenes 2912 a 2922 del expediente virtual, a la fecha de dictado de esta resolución); conclusiones a las que también arribaron tanto el Jefe de Información y Registro de Tierras del INDER, en oficio número IRT-0847-2018 del 09 de octubre del 2018, como el Departamento de Información y Regularización del Territorio del SINAC, por oficio número SINAC-SE-IRT-229 del 09 de octubre del 2018 (imágenes 2939, 2940, 2962 y 2963 del expediente virtual, a la fecha de dictado de esta resolución). No obstante lo anterior, este Tribunal considera que en este momento procesal y por las razones que de seguido se expondrán, carece de interés integrar como litis consorcio pasivo necesario a Nombre113660 , cédula de identidad número CED89904, que como demandante en el proceso de conocimiento que se tramitó en expediente 15-008151-1027-CA, pretendió la entrega de un título de propiedad sobre el inmueble descrito en el plano catastrado P-829518-2002, con el que existen pequeños traslapes respecto a la finca del plano catastrado número P-687965-2001, sobre la cual, las actoras pretenden que se declare que tienen un derecho de propiedad por posesión decenal.
Ello por cuanto, si bien es cierto Nombre113660 , cédula de identidad número CED89904, interpuso un proceso de conocimiento que se tramitó en expediente 15-008151-1027-CA contra el Estado, el INDER y el SINAC, y cuyo objeto también consistía -en términos generales- en establecer si tenía o no un derecho de posesión sobre el inmueble descrito en el plano catastrado número P-829518-2002 -que forma parte de la finca número 6-39334-000 cuyo propietario es el Instituto de Desarrollo Rural-, y que de haber sido procedente, se le otorgara un título de propiedad sobre dicho terreno; también lo es, que por auto sentencia número 67-2018-VIII dictada por la Sección Octava de este Tribunal a las 16:00 horas del 24 de julio del 2018, adicionada por resolución 67-2018-BIS/VIII de las 10:48 horas del 18 de octubre del 2018 (ver carpeta de documentos asociados del expediente virtual 15-008151-1027-CA), se dispuso acoger "... la solicitud de desistimiento del proceso establecido por el actor Nombre113660 .
En consecuencia se da por terminado el proceso y se ordena su archivo una vez firme esta resolución (...) Se adiciona el auto N° 67-2018-VIII de este Tribunal, de las dieciséis horas del veinticuatro julio de dos mil dieciocho, únicamente en cuanto se condena al pago de ambas costas de está acción y los intereses que las mismas generen a partir de que se fijen y hasta su efectivo pago, a la parte actora, montos que se determinaran en la fase de ejecución de sentencia, en lo demás se mantiene incólume...". Aunado a lo anterior, el propio Nombre113660 , mediante escrito presentado por el apoderado de las demandantes, a fin de contestar la audiencia conferida para que se refiriera a la solicitud de integración de la litis planteada por la Procuradora Fallas Cubero y secundada por los representes del INDER y del SINAC, manifestó -en lo que interesa- que: "...Me doy por notificado de la gestión planteada por la Procuraduría (...) me parece absurdo que la Procuraduría pretenda traerme como demandado en este proceso porque (...) no tengo ningún derecho que reclamar, y en mis condiciones económicas jamás podré recurrir a un abogado para sostener lo que en este momento señalo.
Renuncio de manera expresa a ser traído a este proceso carezco absolutamente de interés en esta discusión, por serme ajena y absurda (...) pido se valore que no tengo ninguna condición de litisconsorte, se me exima de asumir un rol que no me pertenece, y más bien me causa perjuicios..." (imágenes 2957 a 2959 del expediente virtual, a la fecha de dictado de esta resolución; el resaltado no es del original). En consecuencia, este órgano colegiado estima que la excepción de falta de integración de la litis consorcio pasivo necesario debe rechazarse por falta de interés actual, dado que el propio Nombre113660 , no sólo manifiesta que no tiene ningún derecho que reclamar sobre el inmueble descrito en el plano catastrado P-829518-2002 -que forma parte de la finca número 6-39334-000 cuyo propietario es el Instituto de Desarrollo Rural- y que según los estudios registrales presentados traslapa en pequeñas áreas con la finca del plano catastrado número P-687965-2001, sobre la cual, las actoras pretenden que se declare que tienen un derecho de propiedad por posesión decenal; sino también, que no tiene ningún interés en el objeto de este proceso de conocimiento, tan es así, que desistió de la causa en que alegaba tener un derecho real sobre la finca descrita en el plano catastrado P-829518-2002, que se tramitó bajo expediente 15-008151-1027-CA contra el Estado, el INDER y el SINAC, solicitud que fue acogida por la Sección Octava de este Tribunal, dándolo por terminado con condenatoria en costas para la parte actora y ordenándose su archivo.
Por todo lo expuesto, se rechaza por falta de interés actual la excepción de litis consorcio pasivo necesario interpuesta por el Estado y secundada por los representantes del INDER y del SINAC. Se previene a todas las partes, que una vez que les sea notificada esta resolución, deberán indicar en el plazo de tres días hábiles si van a presentar o no recurso de apelación contra esta auto sentencia -y en caso positivo deberán aportar copia con sello de recibido del Tribunal de Apelaciones-, lo anterior a fin de tomar las previsiones del caso, dada la solicitud de la representante del Estado, tendente a que se suspenda la audiencia de juicio oral y público, señalada para los días 11 y 12 de febrero del 2019.
POR TANTO
Se rechaza la excepción de litis consorcio pasivo necesario interpuesta por el Estado y secundada por el Instituto de Desarrollo Rural y el Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación, por falta de interés actual. Se previene a todas las partes, que una vez que les sea notificada esta resolución, deberán indicar en el plazo de tres días hábiles si van a presentar o no recurso de apelación contra esta auto sentencia -y en caso positivo deberán aportar copia con sello de recibido del Tribunal de Apelaciones-, lo anterior a fin de tomar las previsiones del caso, dada la solicitud de la representante del Estado, tendente a que se suspenda la audiencia de juicio oral y público, señalada para los días 11 y 12 de febrero del 2019. Notifíquese.- Marianella Álvarez Molina Ileana Isabel Sánchez Navarro Sergio Mena García ASUNTO: PROCESO DE CONOCIMIENTO ACTORA: Nombre113656 Y OTRA DEMANDADOS: INSTITUTO DE DESARROLLO RURAL, SISTEMA NACIONAL DE ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN Y EL ESTADO (Procuradora Susana Fallas Cubero) Nombre113663 , JUEZ/A DECISOR/A
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