In accordance with Memorandum Circular No. 08-2020, the Supreme Court (SC) publishes the Guidelines for the Special Expropriation Courts for Public Roads (OCA Circular No. 12-2021). The Special Expropriation Courts for Public Roads and Regional Trial Courts (RTCs) with open expropriation cases must adopt the Guidelines, which only apply to the expropriation of assets impacted by national government infrastructure projects.