Kehri v. South Delhi Municipal Corporation And ANR

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IN THE HIGH COURT

OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 128/2016 JAWAHAR LAL GUPTA NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORORATION & ANR W.P.(C) 9214/2016 BABITA AND ANR W.P.(C) 9218/2016 PAWAN KUMAR GUPTA AND ANR W.P.(C) 9219/2016 SHANKAR PAL AND ANR W.P.(C) 9222/2016 RAM SEWAK SAHA Q NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANR W.P.(C) 9257/2016 JAMALUDDIN NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANR W.P.(C) 9259/2016 GAJ RAJ SINGH AND ANR By:AMULYA

W.P.(C) 927/2017 RAM BHARAT NORTHDELHI MUNICIPALCORPORATION& ANR.... Respondents W.P.(C) 943/2017 ANIL KUMAR GUPTA NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR.... Respondents W.P.(C) 944/2017 PANCHAM CHAURASIA NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR.... Respondents W.P.(C) 945/2017 KUNDAN LAL NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR.... Respondents W.P.(C) 961/2017 RATAN KUMAR CHAURASIA NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR W.P.(C) 963/2017 SHYAM LAL NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR.... Respondents W.P.(C) 2291/2017 VIJENDER SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANR W.P.(C) 2295/2017 RAM GOPAL SINGH AND ANR

W.P.(C) 2297/2017 ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY AND ANR W.P.(C) 2301/2017 ANOKHE LAL AND ANR W.P.(C) 2304/2017 CHAND MOHAMMED AND ANR W.P.(C) 2305/2017 KEHRI ^ AND ANR W.P.(C) 7234/2017 MAM CHAND Q W.P.(C) 7291/2017 SANT RAM W.P.(C) 7292/2017 DAYA CHAND NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION W.P.(C) 7305/2017 BHURI DEVI

SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR W.P.(C) 7314/2017 RAJENDER SINGH SOUTH DELHI MUNCIPAL CORPORATION & ANR .

W.P.(C) 7318/2017 AMOD SAHNI SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR W.P.(C) 7345/2017 KANCHI LAL SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR W.P.(C) 7346/2017 RAM KISHORE GUPTA SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR W.P.(C) 7347/2017 MUNNA Respondent W.P.(C) 7348/2017 SAKIR Respondent W.P.(C) 7352/2017 CHAMAN KHAN SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR

Present:

Mr.

Ramesh Kumar Mishra and Mr.

Rajnish Kumar Singh, Advocates for the petitioners in all items.

Mr. Vishal Rao, Advocate for respondent No.l in W. P. (C) 128/2016,

9222/2016 and 9257/2016.

Mr. Naushad Ahmed Khan, ASC (Civil) with Ms.Sana Naseem, Advocate for GNCTDin W.P. (C) 128/2016.

Mr. Mukesh Gupta, Standing Counsel with Ms. Shashi Gupta, Advocate for SDMC in W.P. (C) Nos.9214/2016, W.P. (C) 9218/2016 & 7314/2017. Ms.MadhuSudanBhayana,Advocatefor R-2 in W.P.(C)No.9214/2016. Mr. Rahul Sharmaand Mr. C K. Bhatt,Advocatesfor respondentNo. 2 in W. P. (C)9259/2016.

Ms. Arti Bansal, Advocate for SDMC in W.P. (C) 9219/2016 & 9259/2016. Mr.SanjeevKr. Singh and Mr. RaghuvendraPandey,Advocatesfor respondent no. 2, GNCTD in W.P. (C) 9257/2016 & 7234/2017. Mr.ShlokChandraand Mr.RiteshKumar Sharma,Advocatesfor R-2 in W.P.(C) No.9259/2016.

Ms. VasundharaNayyar,counselfor NorthDMC/respondentin W.P. (C) 927/2017 & W.P. (C) 961/2017.

Ms. Namrata Mukim, Advocate for NDMC & Mr. Bharat Bhushan, Advocate for NDMC/respondentno.l in W.P. (C) 943/2017& W.P. (C) 944/2017. Mr. SumitAggarwaland Mr.MukeshSachdeva,Advocatesfor respondentno. 2 in W.P. (C) 945/2017, 961/2017 & 963/2017.

Mr. Pratap Singh and Mr.NavneetTripathi,Advocates for MCD in W.P. (C) 945/2017, 963/2017 & 2291/2017.

Ms. ShobhaGupta,Advocatefor SDMC in W.P. (C) 2295/2017. Ms.Archana Bali, Advocate for SDMC in W.P.C. No.2297/2017 Ms.MrinaliniSen and Mr.TanmayYadav, Advocates for respondentno. 2 in W.R (C) 2297/2017.

Mr. Jagdish Sagar, Adv. for SDMC in W.P.(C)2301/2017& 2305/2017. p Mr. JitendraKumar Tripathiand Mr.VipulAggarwal,Advocatesfor SDMC in ^ W.P. (C) 2304/2017.

Mr. RaghvendraPandey,Advocatefor GNCTDin W. P. (C) 7234/2017. Ms. Puja Kalra, Advocatefor SDMC in W. P. (C) Nos.7234/2017,7291/2017, 7348/2017 and 7352/2017.

Ms.ShajaliVohra,Advocatefor respondentNo. 2 in W. P. (C) 7291/2017. Mr. Praney Jain and Mr. Sudhanshu Arya, Advocates for respondent No. 1/NorthDMC in W. P. (C) 7292/2017.

Ms. Mini Pushkama,StandingCounselwithMs.SwagataBhuyanand Ms.Shiva Pandey, Advocates in W. P. (C)7305/2017, 7318/2017, 7346/2017 and 7347/2017.

Mr.RajneeshBhaskar, Mr.Prakash Gohil and Mr.Uttam Kumar, Advocates for R-2/SH0, G.K. in W.P.(C) 7314/2017 Ms. SangitaRai, Advocatefor respondentNo.2 in W. P. (C) 7348/2017. Mr.Sumit Rajput, Advocate for UOI in W.P.C. No.7292/2017. SI Sandeep Yadav, P.S. Mehrauli, in W.P.C. 7348/2017.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S.SISTANI HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL

ORDER

% 12.09.2018 These petitions have been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the petitioners. The petitioners claim to be vending at their respective sites as mentioned in the writ petitions. Fear of dispossession of the petitioners has led to the filing of the present writ petitions. Copies of challans have been placed on record by the petitioners. Mr.

Mishra, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that since the elections to the first Town Vending Committee (TVC) have already been conducted and, he is hopeful that the TVC will be constituted soon as a statement has been made by the Delhi Government before the Supreme Court of India in the Contempt Petitions (C) no.1214-1215/2018. He further submits that the petitioners would approach the TVC as and when it is functional. However, the counsel for the petitioners seeks a protection that, if for any reason, the petitioners are not found squatting at the time of the survey, that alone should not be a ground to reject their case.

Counsel for the respondents, without admitting any of the averments made in the writ petitions, submit that should the petitioners make an application with all supporting documents before the TVC, the same would be considered in accordance with law and merely because the petitioners are not found squatting, that itself alone would not be a ground to reject the case of the petitioners. Accordingly, the writ petitions are disposed of with the following agreed directions:

(i) The petitioners will approach the TVC as and when it is functional with all supporting documents; and (ii) The TVC will consider the case of the petitioners in accordance

with law and merely because the petitioners are not found vending at the site at the time of survey,that by itself wouldnot be a ground alone to reject their case.

We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case.

The writ petitions stand disposed of.

CM. APPL no.37244/2016 in W.P.fO 9214/2016 CM. APPL no. 37249/2016 in W.P.(Q 9218/2016 CM. APPL no.37253/2016 in W.P.(C) 9219/2016 CM.APPL no.37270/2016 in W.P.(0 9222/2016 CM. APPL no.37371/2016 in W.P.(C) 9257/2016 CM. APPL no.37387/2016 in W.P.(C) 9259/2016 Q The applications stand disposed of in view of the order passed in the writ petitions.

G. S. SISTANI, J Q SANGITA imiNGE^ SEHGAL, J SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 pst W.P.(C) 128/2016 etc.