In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Reserved on: 31.1.2025 Date of Decision: 25.2.2025 Puneet Sharma and others ......Petitioners Versus Union Territory, Chandigarh and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURESHWAR THAKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI Argued by: Mr. Jasbir Singh, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Sanjiv Ghai, Advocate for the respondent-U.T.

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SURESHWAR THAKUR , J.

1. Through the instant writ petition, the petitioners seek the quashing of the agenda item No. 4/resolution, as declared in 32th meeting of the Town Vending Committee, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh held on 6.7.2023 (Annexure P-4), show-cause notice (Annexure P-5), and, of the public notices (Annexures P-3 and P-7).

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2. It is averred in the instant petition, that the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 (for short ‘the Act of 2014’) came into force on 1.5.2014. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, thereafter notified Union Territory of Chandigarh Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending), Rules 2015 (for short ‘the Rules of 2015’).

3. On 30.3.2016, the