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Aurora Mining Corp. holds a mining permit in a coastal province. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Environmental Management Bureau, issues a suspension order against Aurora Mining for alleged environmental violations, stating that no hearing was held and failing to provide reasons. Aurora Mining files a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 before the Court of Appeals, challenging the 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 Aurora Mining's petition for certiorari is proper and why.