ORDER:

The present writ petition came to be filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:

“…to issue any writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in issuing the notices bearing No.123-T, dated 27-3-2015 to the writ petitioners as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the Provisions of The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and consequently direct the respondents not to evict the petitioners from our shops situated on the bank of Rivas canal, Lenin Center, NTS No.1015 of Vijayawada City,….”

2. The petitioners herein are vendors of fancy and readymade cloths who erected their shops on the embankment of Rivas Canal, NTS No.1015, belonging to the Irrigation Department, by obtaining electricity connections from the concerned department, and they are also paying taxes to the Municipal Corporation.

3. While things stood thus, the 5^th respondent herein issued a notice dated 27.03.2015 bearing Notice No.123-T to the petitioners directing them to vacate the premises occupied by them, failing which action would be taken against them. Challenging