Darshan Kumar v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Street vending; Certificate of Vending (CoV); Town Vending Committee (TVC) formation and elections; MCD vending survey — concluded January 2026; refusal to reopen survey for non-participating vendor; right to join future surveys; post-TVC consideration of vendor representations; challans (2006, 2018, 2019) not examined for genuineness; Article 226 direction petition; Majnu Ka Tilla / Aruna Nagar / Civil Lines vending site; vendors who missed the survey. Useful precedent for advocates handling CoV petitions where the client did not participate in the concluded MCD/TVC survey — shows the court will not reopen a concluded survey but preserves participation in future surveys and TVC-level representation.
What did the court decide?
No immediate CoV issuance or survey reopening. Petition disposed of with directions: (i) the concluded survey will not be reopened for the Petitioner at this stage; (ii) the Petitioner may participate in any future survey in accordance with law; (iii) after constitution of the TVC, the Petitioner's representation shall be considered by the TVC in accordance with law — all without prejudice to either party's rights and contentions. Pending applications, if any, also disposed of.