3. The government owned a 12-hectare land in Cavite classified as forest land. Informal settlers built shanty houses on the land since it was flat and there were no trees planted thereon. In 2023, the government decided to plant Narra trees on the land and demanded that the informal settlers vacate the same. A, owner of one of the shanty houses, refused, claiming that he already owned the portion of the property he was occupying by virtue of acquisitive prescription. Is the claim of A meritorious? Decide with reason(s).