PARVESH KUMAR vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ORS

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$~60 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 19th March, 2025 + W.P.(C) 3378/2025 PARVESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aditya, Mr. Vipin Kumar, Ms. Pralika Chakraborty, Mr. Kailash Kumar Jha and Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, Advocates, Mob- 9818075966. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Anshula Bakhru, Advocate for R- 1 & 2, Mob- 9818075966. 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 petition has been filed by the Petitioner - Parvesh Kumar under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking issuance of an appropriate writ declaring the seizure of goods of the Petitioner on 08th March, 2025 by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (hereinafter, ‘MCD’) officials illegal and directing the release of the seized goods. 3. The Petitioner is a street vendor, who vends his stall of fruits and vegetables. He states that he has been vending fruits and vegetablesand other food items for the last several years. 4. According to the Petitioner, the said seizure of the goods by the MCD is in contravention to the Street Vendors (Protection Of Livelihood And Regulation Of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and the Street Vendor (Protection Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 3378/2025 Page 1 of 8 Signed By:NAMITA DHYANI Signing Date:21.03.2025 19:45:52 of Livelihood & Regulation of Street Vending) Scheme, 2019 enacted by the GNCTD. 5. The case of the Petitioner is that he has been issued a certificate of vending by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation bearing no. URI:2340024 on 6th November, 2021, which allowed him to vend in Najafgarh Zone, Ward-S-50. 6. The Petitioner had earlier filed a petition being W.P. (C) 9892/2023 wherein he