Gujarat HC directs AMC to decide hawker’s vending-certificate plea within 8 weeks
Vendor surveyed in 2023 but never issued a certificate; not to be removed from her spot meanwhile.
Published
00Background
The petitioner has sold vegetables at the same spot in Maninagar for over a decade and was included in the 2023 survey of street vendors, but her application for a vending certificate has been pending since.
01Submissions
For the petitioner
A surveyed vendor cannot be evicted until the certificate process is complete. Encroachment drives have twice removed her cart.
For AMC
Applications are being processed zone by zone; the petitioner’s zone is scheduled.
02Observations
The Court recorded AMC’s statement that the petitioner’s zone is in process and fixed a time limit rather than deciding eligibility itself.
03Findings & directions
- Town Vending Committee to decide the application within 8 weeks.
- Petitioner not to be removed from her present spot until the decision.
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