IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS RESERVED ON : 09.10.2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 26.11.2025 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN W.P.Nos.36121 of 2023 & 9887 of 2025 and W.M.P.Nos. 36081 of 2023 & 11135 of 2025 W.P.No.36121 of 2023 Jegan Arputham Fernando …. Petitioner Vs

1. Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Port, Shipping and Waterways, No.1, Parliament Street, New Delhi – 110 001.

2. The Director General of Shipping, Beta Buildings, 9^th Floor, i-think Techno Campus, Kanjur Marg (East), Mumbai – 400 042.

3. The Nautical Surveyor-cum-

Deputy Director General (Tech.), At Office of Director General of Shipping, Beta Buildings, 9^th Floor, i-think Techno Campus, Kanjur Marg (East), Mumbai – 400 042.

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to impugned communication letter of the third respondent in his letter in F.No.25/12/2023-NT-DGS (Comp.No.23689) dated 12.09.2023, and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to conduct existing course of conversion of assessment and examination for issuance of Certificate of Competency/COC o