When a Pilot applies for a Flying licence endorsement he or she pays a fee for the job to be done.
The Fee is paid for the D.G.C.A. to do its job meticulously. If the D.G.C.A. guys can't detect a forged certificate issued by their own organisation then what do they do holding on to the application for months on end.
In any case it is a dereliction of duty by the D.G.C.A. towards a paying consumer of its services. As such D.G.C.A. is liable to pay damages to the consumer-in this case the arrested Pilot Ms. Gulati