ARVIND KUMAR & ORS. vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI THROUGH COMMISSIONER & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 19th March, 2025 W.P.(C) 3177/2025 & CM APPLs. 14893/2025, 14894/2025, 14895/2025 ARVIND KUMAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Kshitij Vaibhav and Ms .Muskan Nagpal, Advocates (Mob. 9810273846). versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI THROUGH COMMISSIONER & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, Ms. Ankita Singh, Mr. Akshit Mago and Ms. Sarika Chaudhary, Advocates for R- 3/MCD. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J.(ORAL) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India by the Petitioners who claim to be authorized street vendors selling small household routine items at a weekly bazaar being run every Monday in the Alvi Chowk, Basti Hazrat Nizamuddin area. 3. Through the present petition, the Petitioners are seeking the setting aside of an order dated 1st November, 2023 bearing No. DC/CNZMCD/2023/D-476 (hereinafter the ‘impugned order’)issued by 4. The case of the Petitioners is that they have been selling small household routine items since 1994 a