Mukesh Kumar v. Municipal Corporation Of Delhi & ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 16547/2025 & CM APPL. 67848/2025, CM APPL. 67849/2025 MUKESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through:

Ms. Renu and Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Mishra, Advs.

versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI & ORS.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Mimansak Bhardwaj, Sr Panel Counsel , Ms. Vidya Mishra, Adv.

CORAM:

JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN

O R D E R

% 04.02.2026 1.

This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2.

The present petition has been filed seeking, inter alia, directions to the Respondents to permit the Petitioner to peacefully vend at his designated site located at South Zone, Ward S-64, Dhaula Kuan Power House, New Delhi. 3.

The Petitioner claims to be a vendor having a vending certificate bearing no. URI 9463310 with the category being "Food/snacks without gas cylinder/fire". The case of the Petitioner is that he has been removed from the designated site.

4.

However, the ld. Counsel for the MCD has handed across in Court photographs of the designated site from today morning to show that the Petitioner has not been removed.

5.

The Petitioner who is present in Court submits that the vending cart The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 06/02/2026 at 13:13:26

shown in the said photographs does not belong to him. 6.

Accordingly, let the said cart and any other vendors in that area who are not authorised to vend at the designated site be removed. If the Petitioner is willing to adhere to the conditions in the certificate of vending, he may be permitted to vend peacefully without encroaching upon any walking area or pedestrian footpath etc.

7.

With these observations, the petition is disposed of. Pending applications, if any. are also disposed of.

PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J MADHU JAIN, J FEBRUARY 4, 2026/prg/msh The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 06/02/2026 at 13:13:26