1. This is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, praying for an order: –

"(a) A declaration that the provisions of Regulation 8 of the Calcutta Port Trust (Licensing of Stevedores) Regulations, 1987 is ultra vires the Constitution of India and thus illegal, invalid and void.

(b) A writ of and/or order and/or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding and directing the respondents and each of them, their servants and/or agents to forthwith, revoke, recall and/ or cancel the said impugned order passed by he respondent no. 2 being Annexure-E hereof and to refrain from giving effect thereto or from taking any steps in terms thereof or thereunder and to act in accordance with law.

(c) A writ of and/or order and/or direction in the nature of certiorari directing the respondents and each of them, their servants and/or agents to forthwith transmit and/or certify the records relating to the said impugned order being Annexure-E hereof and of all purported proceeding initiated and/or steps taken on the basis thereof or thereunder so that the same may be quashed and/or set aside and conscionable justice might be rendered.

(d) A writ of and/or order