Order

1. The application for impleadment is allowed. These petitions and interlocutory applications raise issues of livelihood of hawkers and street vendors. The same issue has come up before this Court and the Delhi High Court on various occasions in the last almost four decades. Every time, this Court and the Delhi High Court passes some or the other order, new problems and issues crop up and the affected persons seek intervention of the Court.

2. In Gainda Ram v. MCD (2010) 10 SCC 715 this Court had expressed the hope that an appropriate legislation would be enacted and the problems of hawkers and street vendors would be finally solved. But that has not happened and for the last about two years, the Court is grappling with several IAs, writ petitions and special leave petitions.

3. We have been informed by the learned counsel for the parties that some writ petitions have also been filed in the Delhi High Court and some interim orders have been passed. With a view to avoid any confusion, we are not adverting to the details of IAs, writ petitions, special leave petitions filed before this Court and the writ petitions, etc. filed before the Delhi High Court because apparently confli