UMESH GULATI vs UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS

CWP-16989-2026 -1- 115 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-16989-2026 Date of decision: 26.05.2026 UMESH GULATI ...Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present:- Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. **** JASGURPREET SINGH PURI, J. (Oral) 1. The present Civil Writ Petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to accept the remaining outstanding vending fee/arrears pertaining to the last installment for January, 2026 in respect of certificate of Vending (COV) No.3184/20489. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is a street vendor and was unable to pay the requisite vending fee to the respondents due to his poor financial condition and therefore, an opportunity may be granted to him to deposit the defaulted amount in its entirety. He further submitted that in another judgment passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in CWP-6537- 2026, titled as Gurpreet Singh and another versus Union Territ