Dunga Srinivasa Rao v. the State of Ap
Street Vendors – Constitution of Town Vending Committee – Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.No.32034 of 2025, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, Justice Harinath.N, decided 24.11.2025. Six individual petitioners (street-vendor-related writ) sought mandamus against respondent Nos. 2 and 3 — the Visakhapatnam Greater Municipal Corporation and the District Collector, Visakhapatnam — to complete the constitution of the Town Vending Committee for Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation pursuant to Notification No.361/H5/2016/U.C.D dated 20.09.2022, alleging inaction violative of Section 22 of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulations of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and Rule 4(3) of the Andhra Pradesh Street Vendors Rules, 2017; IA No.1 of 2025 under Section 151 CPC sought the same interim direction. The petition was closed without merits adjudication, the Court recording Standing Counsel's (A.S.C. Bose) submission that Committees had been constituted pursuant to the Act and the Division Bench directions in W.P.(PIL)No.81 of 2025 and 103 of 2025; no costs. Keywords: Town Vending Committee, street vending, mandamus, municipal corporation, notification, writ closed.