( 1 ) THE petitioner vends chhole kulche and squals at a site outside the gate of Hindustan Times, Conriaught Circus New Delhi. He claims that he has been carrying on this trade at the same site since 1956. All the squatters within the area of New Delhi Municipal Committee formed themselves into the New Delhi Rehri Association in 1953 in order to press their demands for grant of licences and other facilities to the members of the Association. It is alleged that after certain discussions had taken place between the office bearers of the respondent Committee and the Association, the President of the Association sent a letter dated 5th January. 1956 to the Health Officer of the Committee confirming the agreement which had been mooted at the meeting which was that the members of the Association should form themselves into a Co-operative Society for the manufacture of edibles and build trolleys of specific designs and then licences would be issued to them if they agreed to stick to the places allotted to them. After the Health Officer had addressed a letter dated 23rd March, 1956 on those lines, a Co-operative Society was formed called the New Delhi Rehri Owners Co operative Soci