BHAGWAN DAS SAINI vs GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 12th February, 2026 Uploaded on: 13th February, 2026 W.P.(C) 15701/2025 & CM APPL. 8521/2026 BHAGWAN DAS SAINI .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Saumya Tandon and Mr. Gaurav Singh Sengar, Advs. versus GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rohit Kathuria, Mr. Harshit Sharma and Mr. Anil Makkad, Advs. Ms. Vaishali Gupta & Ms. Urvi Mohan, Advs. for GNCTD. SI Ankur Sharma for R3. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the Petitioner- Bhagwan Das Saini, who was running a tea stall in Rohini, Delhi, inter alia, seeking issuance of the Certificate of Vending (hereinafter ‘COV’) to the Petitioner and for declaring that the demolition of his tea stall by the Respondents was illegal and arbitrary. The Petitioner also prays for an alternative site for vending and putting up his tea stall. The reliefs prayed for in this petition are set out below: “a) Issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or