Balbir Singh v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Case brief
What is this about?
The Court addressed a long-standing street vendor’s claim to mutation of an old Tehbazari licence and allotment of a site after the original site was demolished. Because allocation of sites was to be considered through a vending plan prepared under the street-vendors legislation with the Town Vending Committee, the Court directed inclusion of the petitioner’s documents in the ongoing survey, required the Committee to decide mutation within three months after constitution, and made allotment dependent on eligibility under the finalized plan.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner was permitted to participate in the survey and produce supporting documents; his name was to be included if the documents were in order. TVC-II was directed to decide the mutation claim within three months after constitution, and to allot a site if the petitioner was found eligible under the finalized vending plan.