Pawan Kumar and Others v. Union Territory of Chandigarh and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
street vendor; registered street vendor; Town Vending Committee (TVC); Municipal Corporation Chandigarh; re-allocation of vending site; certificate of vending; alternative remedy; remedy of appeal; Section 11 Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014; Section 20 dispute redressal mechanism; Street Vending Rules 2015; Rule 9; Rule 10; Appellate Authority; GRDRC; Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee; Article 226 Constitution of India; writ petitions disposed; limitation protection; Punjab & Haryana High Court; Sanjiv Berry J.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of; petitioners relegated to the remedy of appeal under Section 11 of the Act of 2014 read with Rule 10 of the Street Vending Rules, 2015 before the constituted Appellate Authority; an appeal filed within 30 days of the order to be entertained and decided on merits, not to be dismissed on the ground of limitation alone; pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also disposed of.