RAM PRASAD (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS DAUGHTER RITA DEVI vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI

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$~52 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 19th March, 2026. Uploaded on: 24th March, 2026. + W.P.(C) 3524/2026 RAM PRASAD (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS DAUGHTER RITA DEVI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjay Baniwal, Ms. Manisha, and Mr. R.K. Seewal Adv. (M:8810641307) versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Namrata Mukim, Standing Counsel, MCD with Ms Niharika Singh and Ms Sakshi Saxena, Advs. with Mr Kiran Pal, LI, CNZ, MCD. (M: 9899106515) 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 on behalf of the Petitioner- Late. Shri. Ram Prasad, through his daughter Smt. Rita Devi under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking directions to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (hereinafter, ‘MCD’) to allow Smt. Rita Devi to peacefully vend from the vending site Opposite 427, Bus Stand, Near Nizamuddin Railway Station, New Delhi-110013, Central Zone, Ward- S-55 (hereinafter, ‘vending site’). 3. The brief background of the present case is that, the Petitioner- Late Shri. Ram Prasad was issued a Certificate of Vending (hereinafter, ‘CoV’) W.P.(C) 3524/2026 Page 1 of 9 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:DHIRENDER KUMAR Signing Date:24.03.2026 12:16:16 bearing URI No. 3864468 for Central Zone, Ward-S-55 under the category ‘Food/Snack without Gas Cylinder/Fire’. 4. Thereafter, Shri. Ram Prasad passed away on 29th April, 2021 and since then, his daughter, Smt. Rita Devi has been vending from the vending site. 5. The case of Smt. Rita Devi is that, after the demise of her father, she has been running a mobile vend at the vending site near Nizamuddin area. However, the concerned officials of the MCD are not