Pawan Kumar v. New Delhi Municipal Council & ORS

$~40 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6161/2016, C.M. No.25304/2016, C.M. No.25305/2016 & C.M. No.25306/2016 PAWAN KUMAR ..... Petitioner Through Mr. Dharmender Sharma and Ms.

Monika Singh, Advs.

versus NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL & ORS ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sri Harsha Peechara and Mr.

Mananjay Mishra, Adv. for NDMC.

Ms. Swaty Singh Malik and Mr.

Avinash Detha, Advs. for R-3.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDERMEET KAUR

O R D E R

% 19.07.2016 The petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that he being a street vendor and running a store since 1990 at Sarojini Nagar Market is being disturbed and obstructed by the officials of respondent No. 2/NDMC. Submission is that he is protected under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.

On advance notice, learned counsel for the respondent has put an appearance. Submission is that the petitioner is not a squatter and there is no documentary evidence on record to substantiate his submission that he is squatting at the aforenoted site; further submission being that no details of the site have been pleaded in the petition.

There is no dispute that a Town Vending Committee has been constituted qua respondent No. 1. The petitioner is at liberty to apply to the said Committee for the prayers as prayed for in the present petition.

No further orders are called for on this petition. It is disposed of.

Order dasti under signatures of the Court Master. INDERMEET KAUR, J JULY 19, 2016