NANHA RAM vs CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION .

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which dismissed the writ petitions of the petitioners seeking a writ of mandamus to prevent their removal from the grain market in Chandigarh without alternative sites. The Court noted that the petitioners did not possess the necessary licenses as required under the Chandigarh Hand Cart (Control & Regulation) Bye-laws, 1976, specifically Bye-law No.8, which prohibits the use of handcarts without a license. The Court directed the Chandigarh Administration to sympathetically consider the petitioners' case for future licensing, but affirmed that no legal right existed for the petitioners to operate without a license.