JUDGMENT :

Dipak Misra, J.

Leave granted.

2. The assail in the present appeal, by special leave, is to the judgment and order dated 25.07.2016 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Writ Petition No. 1668 of 2016 whereby it has quashed the order dated 13.04.2016 passed by the Principal Officer, Mercantile Marine Department, the first respondent herein, revoking the Provisional Certificate of Registration (PCOR) dated 16.10.2015 issued in respect of “Vessel Sita Devi” on the basis of materials coming to its notice.

It is necessary to state here that the 4th respondent, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) had issued a tender inviting competitive bids for the charter hire of a stimulation vessel for Mumbai Offshore for three years on the terms and conditions set out in the tender. One of the terms and conditions basically related to get a PCOR. For the present, I am not concerned with the tender conditions and compliance thereof, for this Court though heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties on facts as well as on law, but at the subsequent stage,