D.V.S.S.SOMAYAJULU
Guntur Footpath & Thopudu Veedhiballu Chiruvyaparula Snagham – Appellant
Versus
State of A. P. rep. by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Developments – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The traditional dispute between the right to carry on the trade to earn livelihood; and the reasonability of the actions of the State in restraining trade is once again raised in this Writ Petition.
2. The rights of the “street vendors” have received the consideration of the highest courts of the land. As rightly submitted the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India itself in Maharashtra Ekta Hawkers Union and Another Municipal Corporation, Greater Mumbai and Others, C.A.Nos.4156-4157 of 2002 Supreme Court of India, which is filed as a material paper held that for the last 28 years the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has struggled to find a workable solution to the problems of street vendors and other sections of society. The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India took into consideration their conditions of life; their contribution to the economy, to the general public etc., and granted them certain reliefs in the form of directions. Then an Act called “The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 (in short “the Act 7 of 2014”) has come into force. Despite this Act 7 of 2014 and its stipulations, the complaint made in this writ is that the street
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