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Captain Niranjan Kumar Basak and Anr. v. Assistant Director General of Shipping (Training) and Ors.

Bombay HC6 Jul 2018WP/1689/2018

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What is this about?

This writ petition challenges the implementation of the DGS E-Governance system and certain circulars affecting marine training institutes. The court directed respondents to hear the petitioner, decide the grievance within three months, and refrain from coercive steps until then.

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Directed Respondent No. 3 to hear the petitioner and decide the grievance within three months; restrained respondents from taking coercive steps under the circulars till the decision is taken.

Captain Niranjan Kumar Basak and Anr. Vs Assistant… — Education and Admissions | Bombay HC (2018)

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Digitally signed by Hemant Hemant Vasantrao Vasantrao Nilegaonkar Nilegaonkar Date: 2018.07.06 16:20:25 +0530

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

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APPELLATE SIDE CIVIL JURISDICTION

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WRIT PETITION NO. 1689 OF 2018

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Captain Niranjankumar Basak and anr. … Petitioners

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Versus

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Asst. Director General of Shipping and Ors. … Respondents

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Mr. Uday B. Nighot for the petitioner.

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Mrt. Y.S. Bhate a/w Mr. Dushyant Kumar for respondents.

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CORAM : SHANTANU KEMKAR & NITIN W. SAMBRE, JJ. DATE : JULY 06, 2018

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P.C. :

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By filing this petition, the petitioners have approached this court for the following reliefs :

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“(a) That the records and proceedings be kindly called for.

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(b) That this Hon'ble High Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents herein to forthwith make DGS E-Governance system easily accessible for making data uploading/updating of the Batch details and placement record without discriminating against the petitioners and other institutes for favouring few Institutes and Shipping Companies of their like.

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(c) That this Hon'ble High Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus directing the Respondents herein to forthwith withdraw and or cancel the circulars dated 23.1.2018, 22.1.2018 and 16.1.2018 issued by Respondent no. 3 through the Respondent nos. 1 and 2 in absence of proper infrastructure to implement the

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guidelines in the said circulars. (d) That this Hon'ble High Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents specifically Respondent no. 3 to not to issue circular's harmful to the interests of the Marine Training Institute's and sea-farer's without taking into account the feasibility and the repercussion's of said circulars.”

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Having one through the reliefs claimed in the petition and the reply filed by the respondents, we are of the considered view that this petition deserves to be disposed of by directing respondent no. 3 to consider the petitioner's grievance as stated in the petition and the rejoinder and take appropriate decision on it. Before taking the decision as aforesaid, respondent no. 3 shall give opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner. Let this exercise be completed within three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. It has been pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner and not disputed by the learned counsel for the respondents, that till date no coercive steps have been taken by the respondents on the basis of the impugned circular. In the circumstances, we direct that till the decision as aforesaid is taken, respondents shall not take coercive steps against the petitioner on the basis of the impugned circular.

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With the aforesaid directions, petition is disposed of.

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(NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.)

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(SHANTANU KEMKAR, J.)

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Captain Niranjan Kumar Basak and Anr. v. Assistant Director General of Shipping (Training) and Ors.

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