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Babulal & Anr. v. Govt of NCT of Delhi and Ors.

Delhi HC2 Dec 2025W.P.(C)/18282/2025

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What is this about?

Certificate of Vending; COV; street vending; NDMC; New Delhi Municipal Council; Jorbagh; survey; representation dated 24-07-2025; Director Enforcement (North); six weeks; petitioner to appear 05-12-2025; Govt of NCT of Delhi; petition disposed; no opinion on merits; pending applications infructuous; no statute or precedent cited in this short disposal order.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of: petitioner no.1's representation dated 24 July 2025 addressed to NDMC to be disposed of by the Director Enforcement (North) within six weeks in accordance with law; petitioner no.1 to appear thereon on 05-12-2025 at 12:00 PM with all requisite documents; Court expressed no opinion on merits; pending applications rendered infructuous. ¶21

Babulal & Anr. Vs Govt of NCT of Delhi and Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents should conduct a survey of the petitioner in a time bound manner and issue a Certificate of Vending ('COV').

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Court's answer

The Court directed that petitioner no.1's representation be disposed of by the Director Enforcement (North) within a period of six weeks, in accordance with law.

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Ratio / Principle

Petitioner no.1 was directed to appear before the Director Enforcement (North) on 5 December 2025 at 12:00 PM (noon) along with all requisite documents.

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Key takeaways

The Court expressly clarified that it had not expressed its opinion on the merits of the matter or the tenability of petitioner's claim.obiter¶22

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

W.P.(C) 18282/2025 (High Court of Delhi; bench of Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Anish Dayal JJ.; decided 02-12-2025) - Street-vending petition by Babulal & Anr. seeking directions for a time-bound survey of petitioner no.1 and issuance of a Certificate of Vending ('COV'). Counsel for NDMC observed that no documents were filed demonstrating any right to vend in the Jorbagh area, and objected that the relief sought was qua petitioner no.1 only; counsel for petitioners stated petitioner no.2 is merely a helper seeking no specific relief. Relying on petitioner no.1's representation dated 24-07-2025 to NDMC, the Court disposed of the petition by directing the Director Enforcement (North) to dispose of that representation within six weeks in accordance with law, with petitioner no.1 to appear on 05-12-2025 at 12:00 PM with all requisite documents. The Court expressly stated it had not expressed any opinion on the merits or tenability of the petitioner's claim; pending applications were rendered infructuous.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 18282/2025 & CM APPL. 75640/2025, CM APPL. 75641/2025, CM APPL. 75642/2025

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BABULAL & ANR. .....Petitioners

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Through: Mr. Ram Narayan Singh, Adv.

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versus

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GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents

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Through: Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Panel Counsel (GNCTD) for R-1

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Mr. Sriharsha Peechara, Standing Counsel for NDMC with Mr. Soumit Gangui & MR. Akshat Kulshreshtha, Advs.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL

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This petition seeks directions to respondents to conduct survey of petitioner in a time bound manner and issue a Certificate of Vending (‘ COV’ ).

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Counsel for respondent/New Delhi Municipal Council (‘ NDMC ’) however, states that no documents have been filed along with the petition to demonstrate that any such right has been given to the petitioner to vend in the Jorbagh area, as he professes to do.

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Besides, an objection is taken that relief sought in the petition is qua petitioner no.1 and not petitioner no.2, to which counsel for petitioners’

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/12/2025 at 11:51:21

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states that petitioner no.2 is merely a helper of petitioner no.1 and is not seeking any specific relief.

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Counsel for the petitioners relies on the representation dated 24^th July 2025 addressed to NDMC for issuance of COV.

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In these circumstances, it is directed that petitioner no.1’s representation be disposed of by the Director Enforcement (North) within a period of six weeks, in accordance with law.

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Petitioner no.1 shall appear before Director Enforcement (North) on 5^th December 2025 at 12:00 PM (noon) along with all requisite documents.

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Petition stands disposed of in above terms.

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It is made clear that this Court has not expressed its opinion on the merits of the matter or the tenability of petitioner’s claim.

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Pending applications are rendered infructuous.

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Order be uploaded on the website of this Court.

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NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE, J

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ANISH DAYAL, J

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DECEMBER 2, 2025/sm/zb

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/12/2025 at 11:51:21

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