Reserved On : 18/02/2026 Pronounced On : 13/03/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/WRIT PETITION (PIL) NO. 211 of 2014 With R/WRIT PETITION (PIL) NO. 324 of 2014 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR DIRECTION) NO. 1 of 2025 In R/WRIT PETITION (PIL) NO. 324 of 2014 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY ==========================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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SELF EMPLOYED LABOUR ORGANISATION & ORS.

Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.

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Appearance(in WPPIL/211/2014):

GIRISH PATEL ASSOC(2135) for the Applicant(s) No. 2,3,4,5,6 MR AJ YAGNIK(1372) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 G H VIRK(7392), GP with MS. DHARITRI PANCHOLI, AGP for the Opponent(s) No. 1 KSHITIJ M AMIN(7572) for the Opponent(s) No. 5 MR HS MUNSHAW(495) for the Opponent(s) No. 3 MR. G.H.VIRK, MR SIMRANJITSINGH H VIRK(11607) for the Opponent(s)

No. 2 NOTICE SERVED BY DS for the Opponent(s) No. 4 Appearance (in WPPIL/324/2014):

MR. MIHIR JOSHI, SR. ADV. WITH MS. MEGHA JANI, SR. ADV. WITH MR.

BHUSHAN B OZA(1072) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 TANAYA G SHAH(8430) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 G H VIRK(7392) GP with MS. DHARITRI PANCHOLI, AGP for the Opponent(s) No. 1 MR. G.H.VIRK WITH MR SIMRANJITSINGH H VIRK(11607) for the Opponent(s) No. 2 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY

CAV JUDGMENT

(PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL)

The above noted two Public Interest Litigations have been instituted by two organizations, named Self Employed Labour Organisation (in short as ‘SELO’) and Self Employed Women’s Association (in short as ‘SEWA’), espousing a common cause of street vendors operating in the place referred to as “Bhadra Plaza”, for effective implementation of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, the rules thereunder, and the Gujarat Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Scheme, 2018 framed under Section 38 of the Act.

Preface:-

2. Both the petitioners’ organisations are registered Associations. The Writ Petition (PIL) No. 211 of 2014 has been filed, prior in point of time, by SELO (in the month of June/July, 2014), with the reliefs as under:-

“(A) Directing the respondents to provide permanent place in the area for street vending for Street Vendors affected by Bhadra Plaza Project at the place at which they were carrying on their business earlier;

(B) Directing the respondent to supply the report of survey of street vendors carried on by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, 2011;

(C) Directing opportunity of hearing and representing the 94 street vendors whose names have not been covered in the list shown by the survey of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation;

(D) Directing Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and State Government to reframe the scheme in accordance with the discussions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the Gendaram case and under the Act of 2014 after consultation with the project affected people;

(E) In the alternative if the number of street vendors in the area covered by Bhadra Plaza Project is more than the street vendors who can be accommodated, to evolve fair, just and reasonable criteria for selecting/choosing the street vendors in the area and not resort to draw system which will cause great injustice to the people;

(F) Directing the AMC to invite the names of the representatives of the Bhadra Project Plaza affected street vendors for inclusion in the street vending committee of the Corporation;

(G) Directing the Government of India to notify the date of coming into force of the Act for the State of Gujarat and then to direct the State of Gujarat to frame rules under the Act and to prepare a scheme as per the requirement of the Act;

(H