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Delhi High Court · 26 Sep 2011 · 2011:DHC:16051
Hima Kohli
WP(C)Nos. 7052/2011
2011:DHC:16051
administrative petition_dismissed

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The Delhi High Court dismissed writ petitions filed by vendors seeking protection from displacement, emphasizing the need to exhaust statutory grievance redressal forums before approaching the Court.

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Present : Mr. Anurag Jain, Adv. for the petitioners.
Mr. N.K. Jha, Adv. for MCD in
WP(C)Nos. 7052/2011, 7057/2011 and 7058/2011.
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Ms. Manpreet Kaur, proxy counsel for Mr. Mukesh Gupta, Adv. for MCD in WP(C)Nos. 7063/2011, 7064/2011 &
7065/2011.
Ms. Suparna Srivastava, Adv. for MCD in
WP(C)Nos. 7055/2011, 7060/2011 & 7061/2011.
Mr. Ajay Arora, Adv. for MCD in
WP(C)Nos.7054/2011, 7066/2011 & 7067/2011.
+ WP{C)No.7052/2011 & C.Ms. No.16118-19/2011
+ WP{C)No.7054/2011 & C.Ms. No.16121-22/2011
-1- WP(C)No.7055/2011 & C.Ms. No.16123-24/2011
+ WP(C)No.7057/2011 & C.Ms. No.16127-28/2011
+ WP(C)No.7058/2011 & C.Ms. No.16129-30/2011
+ WP{C)No.7060/2011 & C.Ms. No.16131-32/2011
+ WP(C)No.7061/2011 & C.Ms. No.16133-34/2011
+ WP{C)No.7063/2011 & C.Ms. No.16138-39/2011
+ WP(C)No.7064/2011 & C.Ms. No.16140-41/2011
+ WP(C)No.7065/2011 & C.Ms. No.16142-43/2011
+ WP(C)No.7066/2011 & C.Ms. No.16144-45/2011
+ WP(C)No.7067/2011 & C.Ms. No.16146-47/2011
The present batch of petitions has been filed by the petitioners, who claim to be vendors/squatters by profession and selling vegetables from the sites near DDA Flats Park, Katwaria Sarai, Delhi, praying inter alia for directions to the respondent/MCD not to displace them from their work place.
It is stated that the petitioners in WP(C)No. 7052/2011, 7057/2011, 7061/2011, 7066/2011 and 7067/2011 have approached the MCD by filing
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Counsel for the respondent/MCD, who appears on advance copy, states that the present petitions are not maintainable as there is a three-tier dispute redressal forum constituted for redressing the grievances of vendors in the jurisdiction of MCD, which the petitioners r ~re required to approach in the first instance, instead of rushing to this
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Court.
At this stage, counsel for the petitioners seeks leave to withdraw the present petitions, while reserving the right of the petitioners to approach the Ward Vending Committee, MCD for redressal of their grievances as raised in the present petitions. Leave, as prayed for, is granted.
In case the representations of the petitioners are pending consideration before the Committee, the respondent/MCD shall ensure that necessary steps are taken to communicate the order passed today to the concerned Committee, for disposal of the same expeditiously, under written intimation to the petitioners.
The petitions are dismissed as withdrawn, along with the pending applications.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
WP(C)No.7952/2011 & connected matters
HIMA KOHLI,J
2011:DHC:16051
JUDGMENT