1. This Writ Petition has been filed, praying for issuance of a writ of certiorarified mandamus, to call for the records relating to the award of contract passed by the second respondent vide the impugned letter No.NIOT/VMC/ABS Corres/13-14, dated 18th October 2013, for grant of total management of the vessel ORV Sagar Nidhi and quash the same including any further proceedings thereto and consequently direct the second respondent to call for fresh tenders for awarding the contract for the total management of the vessel ORV Sagar Nidhi in accordance with the second respondent's previous policy of having separate tenders vide Tender No.NIOT/S&P/VMC/7245/2007-2008 in the year 2007 and Tender No.05/457/2010-11 in the year 2010.

2. Case of the petitioner :

2.1. Petitioner is a reputed company and engaged in the business of offering ship management and managing services for the past 20 years. Its operations and clients are pan India. Petitioner employs a permanent staff of over 80 personnel and has a floating staff of over 300 mariners on its roster. It has obtained all necessary registrations with respect to carrying out its business from the relevant government departments. It ha