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Facts: Oceanline Shipping, Inc., a private company, holds a license issued by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to operate a ferry service. The DOTr issues an order canceling the license due to alleged safety violations and noncompliance with maritime regulations. The order states that no hearing was held and provides no reasons. Oceanline files a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 before the Court of Appeals, challenging the DOTr's order as grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction. The CA denies the petition. (a) Identify the central doctrine tested by this scenario and the controlling remedy. (b) Distinguish the remedy of certiorari from an ordinary civil action. (c) Apply the rule to determine whether Oceanline's petition for certiorari is proper and why.