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Vikram and 26 Others v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Allahabad HC6 May 2026WRIC/16209/2026

Case brief

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What is this about?

Street vendor licence allotment; Section 3, Street Vending Act, 2014; Noida Authority Work Circle 1 to 10; existing street vendors; survey and selection completed; non-issue of licences/allotment letters; no Judicial Officer posted in Authority's Tribunal; writ disposed with direction to CEO, Noida to examine grievance within six weeks on fresh representation after hearing affected persons; no merits adjudication; Allahabad High Court, May 6, 2026.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the Chief Executive Officer, Noida to examine the petitioners' grievance within six weeks from the date of communication of the order, along with a fresh representation after hearing the petitioners or any other person likely to be affected thereby. ¶11

Vikram and 26 Others vs State of U.P. and 4 Others — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioners, existing street vendors who applied for allotment of vending shops under Section 3 of the Street Vending Act, 2014 in Work Circle 1 to 10 and were selected in surveys, are entitled to issuance of licences or allotment letters by the Noida Authority.

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Court's answer

The writ petition is disposed of with a direction that the grievance of the petitioners shall be examined by the Chief Executive Officer, Noida within six weeks from the date of communication of the order, along with a fresh representation after hearing the petitioners or any other person likely to be affected thereby.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Kunal Ravi Singh, JJ.) disposed of a writ petition (WRIT - C No. - 16209 of 2026) filed by Vikram and 26 others, existing street vendors who had applied for allotment of vending shops under Section 3 of the Street Vending Act, 2014 in Work Circle 1 to 10 but were not issued licences or allotment letters by the Noida Authority despite surveys and selection. Counsel for the respondent Development Authority stated that the Tribunal dealing with the matter is headed by a Judicial Officer and none is presently posted in the Authority, and submitted that the Chief Executive Officer, Noida could examine the grievance. The Court disposed of the petition directing the Chief Executive Officer, Noida to examine the petitioners' grievance within six weeks from the date of communication of the order, along with a fresh representation after hearing the petitioners or any other person likely to be affected thereby. No adjudication on the merits of entitlement was made.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

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WRIT - C No. - 16209 of 2026

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Vikram And 26 Others

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	Versus .....Petitioner(s)
State Of U.P. And 4 Others	.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s)	: Neeraj Srivastava
Counsel for Respondent(s)	: C.S.C., Kaushalendra Nath Singh

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Court No. - 21

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HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J.

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HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J.

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Heard Sri Neeraj Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioners, Shri Kaushalendra Nath Singh, learned counsel for the respondent-Development Authority and Shri Ambrish Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

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The case of the petitioners is that they, being existing street vendors, applied for allotment of vending shops under Section 3 of the Street Vending Act, 2014 in Work Circle 1 to 10, but despite surveys and selection, the Noida Authority has not issued licenses or allotment letters.

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Sri Kaushalendra Nath Singh, learned counsel for the respondent Development Authority, states that the Tribunal dealing with the aforesaid matter is headed by a Judicial Officer and at present no Judicial Officer is posted in the Authority and therefore he submits that if this Court permits, the Chief Executive Officer, Noida will examine the grievance of the petitioners and take appropriate decision.

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Accordingly and having regard to the facts of the instant case, we dispose of the instant petition by providing that the grievance of the petitioners shall be examined by the Chief Executive Officer, Noida within six weeks from the date of communication of the instant order along with a fresh

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WRIC No. 16209 of 2026

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representation after hearing the petitioners, or any other person likely to be affected thereby.

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(Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.)

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May 6, 2026

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Sumit S

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