ASHOK KUMAR VERMA AND ORS. vs COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ORS

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$~50 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 17th March, 2026. Uploaded on: 18th March, 2026. + W.P.(C) 1313/2026 ASHOK KUMAR VERMA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vipin Kumar, Mr. Kailash Kr. Jha, Mr. Anjani Kr Mishra, Ms. Pralika Chakraborty, Mr. Fareeduddin & Ms. Srejal Mishra, Advs. (M: 9671520024) versus COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Shakun Sudha Shukla (SPC) along with Ms Aashna Mehra and Mr. Dhananjay Tiwari, Advs. (M: 9910039449) Mr. Tarveen Singh Nanda, Standing Counsel with Mr. Gaurav Aggarwal, Adv. for DCB. Ms. Vaishali Gupta and Mr. Siddharth Arora, Advs. for R-7. (M: 8076720913) 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 by the Petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking an appropriate writ directing the Respondents to allow Petitioners to peacefully vend at their vending sites located within the Delhi Cantonment Board area. 3. The Petitioners claim to be vendors in the Delhi Cantonment Board Area. 4. The brief background of the present case is that, Petitioners have placed W.P.(C) 1313/2026 Page 1 of 5 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:DEVANSHU JOSHI Signing Date:18.03.2026 15:22:55 reliance upon the ‘Minutes of meeting’ dated 2nd April, 2025 pertaining to the meeting held on 21st March, 2025 by the Town Vending Committee (hereinafter, ‘TVC’), Delhi Cantonment Board. In the said meeting, it was decided by the TVC that 235 vendors were the authorised vendors and they would be allowed to vend and would not be evicted from the Delhi Cantonment Board area. 5. Provisional Certificates of Vending (hereinafter, ‘CoV’) were issued to the