R. K. ABICHANDANI, S. NAINAR SUNDARAM, J.

( 1 ) IN view of the suggestions made by the Court the Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad has formulated a scheme for perma- nent lorry-stands at different places in the city and a notice to that effect after obtaining sanction of the Standing Committee has been issued and published in JANSATTA Daily of 16/12/1980 The scheme seems to be a reasonable scheme with a view to balance the requirements of the citizens on the one hand so far as use of the public street lands is concerned and the requirements of handcartwallas and Gallawalas to ply their trade. We must make it clear that so far as handcartwallas who have got hawkers licences and who are plying their handcarts from place to place are concerned they are not governed by the scheme as they cannot be said to form any obstruction or encroachment on any public street lands. As regards the other Gallawallas and lorrywallas who keep their Gallas and lorries parked at fixed places for the whole day or a substan- tial part thereof either for long periods of time through the day or for whole day they will be affected by the scheme and we have made it clear both to the Police Authorities and the

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