ssp 1 WP (L) 2203 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (L) NO.2203 OF 2011 Iftekhar Rafiq Kapadia and Ors. .....Petitioners versus Mumbai Municipal Corporation and Ors. ..... Respondents Mr.Pradeep J. Thorat, for the petitioners. Ms.Vidya S. Gharpure, for the respondents. CORAM: P.B.MAJMUDAR & R.M.SAVANT, JJ. DATE: 20 th OCTOBER, 2011 P.C. 1. By the above petition, the petitioners seek transfer of licences in respect of each of the petitioners abovenamed. The said licences have not been transferred in view of the order operating in respect of the licences for hawking on M.S.Ali Road, South Footpath, Grant Road. A communication has been addressed on behalf of respondent No.1 to the Secretary, Grant Road Stall Association, M.S.Ali Road, South Foothpath Grant Road, Mumbai. It has been stated in the said communication that in view of the order passed in Writ Petition No.843 of 1982 dated 26-06-1986, that the licences are not transferred. The relevant excerpt is to the following effect : “Respondent No.1 Corporation not to permit transfer of stall licences in respect of stall on the said southern side of ssp 2 WP (L) 2203 of 2011 Maulana Shaukat Ali Road between the aforesaid two junctions except in favour of the heirs of the existing licencees on the said footpath” 2. In so far as the hawking in the city of Mumbai is concerned, the same is now governed by the directions issued by the Apex Court from time to time in the hawker matters and especially the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Maharashtra Ekta Hawkers Union and Anr. V/s. Municipal Corporation, Greater Mumbai and Ors.1 and the orders passed thereafter by the Apex Court. It would therefore, be open for the Municipal Corporation to deal with the cases of the petitioners for transfer of licences in terms of the said directions of the Apex Court. It would be in the light of the directions of the Apex Court in the judgment (Supra) as well as in the orders passed thereafter that the application of the petitioner’s may be considered by the respondent No.1 Corporation in terms of the said directions. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of. 3. It is the contention of the respondent No.1 Corporation that the application of the petitioners for transfer of licences cannot be considered as the same has been made by the petitioners after the orders passed by the Apex Court in the hawkers matters. It is not for us to express any opinion on the merits of the case of the petitioners and it 1 2003 Supp (6) SCR 581 ssp 3 WP (L) 2203 of 2011 would be for the Corporation to pass appropriate orders in terms of the directions of the Apex Court. ( R.M.SAVANT, J. ) ( P.B.MAJMUDAR, J. )