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HSE No. 1051/2020-2022.

RULES SUPPLEMENT TO PART-I

EXTRAORDINARY

THE TELANGANA GAZETTE

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 09 ] HYDERABAD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT

(UBS)

THE TELANGANA STATE STREET VENDORS (PROTECTION OF

LIVELIHOOD AND REGULATION OF STREET VENDING)

RULES, 2020.

[G.O.Ms. No. 89, Municipal Administration & Urban Development

(UBS), 10^th June, 2020.]

In exercise of the powers conferred under section 36 read with

section 2 (1) (a) (iii) of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and

Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, (Central Act No. 7 of 2014) the

Government of Telangana hereby makes the following rules for street vending.

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G-130/1.

TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

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RULES

CHAPTER – I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

(1) These Rules may be called the Telangana State Street Vendors

(Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Rules,

2020.

(2) It shall come into force from the date of publication in the Official

Gazette.

Definitions :- (1) In these rules, unless the context

otherwise requires:-

(i)

“Act” means the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood

and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 (Central Act

No. 7 of 2014);

(ii)

“Appropriate Government” means the Government of

Telangana;

(iii)

“Bye-laws” means the bye-laws made under section 37 of

the Act;

(iv)

“Chief Executive Officer” means officer in charge of

Secunderabad Cantonment Board in Telangana State;

(v)

“festive market” means a market where sellers and buyers

have traditionally congregated for the sale and purchase of

products or services during festival season of the city or

town and has been determined as such by the local authority

on the recommendations of the Town Vending Committee;

(vi)

“Grievance Redressal Committee” means a committee

constituted by the Government of Telangana under sub-

section (1) of section 20 of the Act;

(vii)

“Heritage Market” means a market which has completed

more than fifty years in one place where sellers and buyers

have traditionally congregated for the sale and purchase of

products or services and has been determined as such by

the local authority on the recommendations of the Town

Vending Committee;

(viii)

“holding capacity” means the maximum number of street

vendors who can be accommodated in any vending zone

and has been determined as such by the local authority on

the recommendations of the Town Vending Committee;

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(ix)

“local authority” means a Municipal Corporation or a

Municipal Council by whatever name called, [or the

Cantonment Board, or as the case may be, a civil area

committee appointed under section 47 of the Cantonment

Act, 2006] or such other body entitled to function as a local

authority in any city or town to provide civic services and

regulate street vending in that city or town;

(x)

“mobile vendors” means street vendors who carry out

vending activities in designated area by moving from one

place to another place vending their goods and services;

(xi)

“Municipal Commissioner” means the Commissioner of

the Municipal Corporation, Municipality or Urban Local

Body of [Name of City] in Telangana State.

(xii)

“Municipal Committee” means a committee as prescribed

under this rule – 20 to decide an appeal of a street vendor as

per section 11 and section 20 of the Act;

(xiii)

“natural market” means a market where sellers and buyers

have traditionally congregated for the sale and purchase of

products or services and has been determined as such by

the local authority on the recommendations of the Town

Vending Committee;

(xiv)

“niche market” means a market where sellers and buyers

have traditionally congregated for the sale and purchase of

niche products or services and has been determined as such

by the local authority on the recommendations of the Town

Vending Committee;

(xv)

“night bazaar” means a bazaar where sellers and buyers

have traditionally congregated for the sale and purchase of

products or services after evening i.e. during night and has

been determined as such by the local authority on the

recommendations of the Town Vending Committee;

(xvi)

“notification” means a notification published in the Official

Gazette and the term “notify” shall be construed accordingly;

(xvii)

“Plan” means the Plan made under First Schedule of section

21 of the Act;

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(xviii)

“planning authority” means an Urban Development

Authority or Director of Town and Country Planning or any

other authority in any city or town designated by the

Government as responsible for regulating the land use by

defining the precise extent of areas for any particular activity

in the master plan or development plan or zonal plan or layout

plan or any other spatial plan which is legally enforceable

under the applicable Town and Country Planning Act or the

Urban Development Act or the Municipal Act, as the case

may be;

(xix)

“public purpose” includes in the context of the Act;

widening of roads, streets, lanes;

ii.

shifting the alignment of roads, streets, lanes;

iii.

erecting of flyovers with or without clover leaves and slip

down roads;

iv.

erecting underpasses;

development of land owned by public authorities for some

public projects;

vi.

laying of water, storm water or sewer lines;

vii.

erecting intermediate pumping stations for the services;

viii.

any project related with public transport like Telangana State

Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), Multi-Modal

Transport System (MMTS) and Metro Rail, etc.;

ix.

erection of Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Housing;

creation of Parks, Gardens and Recreational Area;

xi.

conservation of any eco system resource in that area, and

xii.

any other developmental work taken by the local authority,

the beneficiary of which will be the community at large.

(xx)

“Scheme” means the Scheme made under Second Schedule

of section 38 of the Act;

(xxi)

“seasonal market” means a market where sellers and

buyers have traditionally congregated for the sale and

purchase of products or services during specific seasons and

has been determined as such by the local authority on the

recommendations of the Town Vending Committee;

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G-130/2.

(xxii)

“Section” means section of the Act;

(xxiii)

“stationary vendors” means street vendors who carry out

vending Activities on regular basis at a specific location;

(xxiv)

“street vendor” means a person engaged in vending of

articles, goods, wares, food items or merchandise of everyday

use or offering services to the general public, in a street,

lane, side walk, footpath, pavement, public park or any other

public place or private area, from a temporary built up

structure or by moving from place to place and includes

hawker, peddler, squatter and all other synonymous terms

which may be local or region specific; and the words “street

vending” with their grammatical variations and cognate

expressions, shall be construed accordingly;

(xxv)

“Town Vending Committee” means the body constituted

by the appropriate Government under section 22 of the Act;

(xxvi)

“vending zone” means an area or a place or a location

designated as such by the local authority, on the

recommendations of the Town Vending Committee, for the

specific use by street vendors for street vending and includes

footpath, side walk, pavement, embankment, portions of a

street, waiting area for public or any such place considered

suitable for vending activities and providing services to the

general public.

(xxvii) “weekly market” means a market where sellers and buyers

have weekly congregated for the sale and purchase of

products or services and has been determined as such by

the local authority on the recommendations of the Town

Vending Committee;

(2)

Words and expressions defined in the Act and used in these

Rules shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned

to them in the Act.

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Sl.

Official and Non Official

members

Status

Number

Permanent

/Rotation

Municipal Commissioner

Chairman

Permanent

Town Planning Officer / Town

Planning Supervisor / Town

Planning Building Overseer

Member

Permanent

Town Project Officer/ Town

Mission Coordinator

Convener

Permanent

Police Officer (Traffic) / Law &

Order - (CI / SI)

Member

Permanent

Representative of Lead District

Manager of the Town/City

Member

Rotation

Street Vendors of different

businesses

Members

Rotation

Elected member of the local

authority

Member

Rotation

Representative of NGO/ CBO

Member

Rotation

Total:

CHAPTER – II

REGULATION OF STREET VENDOR

The minimum age for street vendor for street vending: -

Minimum age for street vendor shall be 18 Years.

CHAPTER – III

TOWN VENDING COMMITTEE

Constitution of Town Vending Committee: (1) In each local

authority the appropriate Government / District Collector will constitute

Town Vending Committee with following members:

All Municipalities except Municipal Corporations and Mission Cities

(GHMC): (One Chairman & 10 members)

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Municipal Corporations except Municipalities and GHMC - (One

Chairman and 15 Members)

Sl.

No.

Official and Non Official

members

Status

Number

Permanent/

Rotation

1 Municipal Commissioner

Chairman

Permanent

Joint Collector /

Representative of Joint

Collector

Member

Permanent

3 ^{City Planner / Assistant City}

Planner

Member

Permanent

Deputy Project Officer / Town

Project Officer/ Town Mission

Coordinator

Convener

Permanent

5 ^{Police Officer (Traffic / Law &}

Order) - (ACP or CI)

Member

Permanent

6 ^{Lead District Manager (LDM) /}

Representative of LDM

Member

Rotation

7 ^{Representatives of Market and}

Trade associations

Member

Rotation

8 ^{Street Vendors of different}

businesses

Members

Rotation

9 ^{Elected member of the Urban}

Local Body

Member

Rotation

10 Representative of NGO / CBO

Member

Rotation

11 ^{Representative of Resident}

Welfare Association

Member

Rotation

Total:

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G-130/3.

(Note: 30 Circles in GHMC)

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) - (One

Chairman & 18 Members for each circle)

Sl.

No.

Official and Non Official members

Status

Number

Permanent

/ Rotation

Municipal Commissioner / Zonal

Commissioner / Deputy Commissioner/

Chief Executive Officer (Secunderabad

Cantonment Board)

Chairman

Permanent

Elected member of the local authority

Member

Rotation

Representative of JC (not less than

Tahasildhar)

Member

Permanent

City Planner / Assistant City Planner / EE

(Secunderabad Cantonment Board)

Member

Permanent

Chief Medical Officer of Health / District

Medical Officer of Health / Deputy

Medical Officer of Health

/Assistant Medical Officer of Health/

Resident Medical Officer (Secunderabad

Cantonment Board)

Member

Permanent

Project Officer / Deputy Project Officer /

Town Project Officer / Town Mission

Coordinator

Convener

Permanent

Police Officer (Traffic and Law & Order)

/ (ACP or CI )

Member

Permanent

Lead District Manager or any other bank

officer of concerned Zone / Circle /

Secunderabad Cantonment Board

Member

Rotation

Representative of Resident Welfare

Association

Member

Rotation

10 ^{Representatives of Market and Trade}

associations

Member

Rotation

11 ^{Street Vendors of different businesses /}

Associations

Members

Rotation

12 ^{Representative of Non Government}

Organizations (NGO)

Member

Rotation

13 ^{Representative of Community Based}

Organizations (CBO)

Member

Rotation

Total:

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Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) - (One Chairman & 18 Members in SCB)

Sl.

No.

Official and Non Official members

Status

Number ^Permanent

/ Rotation

1 ^{Chief Executive Officer (Secunderabad}

Cantonment Board)

Chairman

Permanent

Elected member of the local authority

Vice President (Secunderabad Cantonment

Board)

Member

Permanent

3 Joint Collector or representative of JC

Member

Permanent

4 EE (Secunderabad Cantonment Board)

Member

Permanent

5 ^{Resident Medical Officer (Secunderabad}

Cantonment Board)

Member

Permanent

Project Officer / Deputy Project Officer /

Town Project Officer / Town Mission

Coordinator

Convener

Permanent

7 ^{Police Officer (Traffic / Law & Order) /}

(ACP or CI )

Member

Permanent

Lead District Manager (LDM)/Any other bank

officer of Secunderabad Cantonment Board

/ Rep. of LDM

Member

Rotation

9 ^{Representative of Resident Welfare}

Association

Member

Rotation

10 ^{Representatives of Market and Trade}

associations

Member

Rotation

11 Street Vendors of different businesses

Members

Rotation

12 ^{Representative of Non Government}

Organizations (NGO)

Member

Rotation

13 ^{Representative of Community Based}

Organizations (CBO)

Member

Rotation

Total:

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(2) The official members of Town Vending Committee (TVC) shall be

nominated by the Municipal Commissioner of Urban Local Body by

designation.

(3) Non official members shall be elected /selected as per the procedure

shown in rule 5 and subsequently they shall be nominated by the

Urban Local Body.

(4) Only in Mission Cities, Zonal level vending committees or Circle

level vending committees can be constituted by the local authority

with the approval of the Commissioner. In such case Zonal

Commissioner/ Deputy Commissioner / Additional Municipal

Commissioner of that area shall be a chairperson of the Town Vending

Committee and all other members shown above shall be from that

area only.

5. Mode of electing / selecting Non Officials members: - (1) Elected

members of the local authority will be decided by the Council.

(2) The local authority by resolution may decide for the mode of selecting/

nominating the members from the Street Vendor Associations, Market

and Trade Associations, NGO, CBO, RWA etc. by following

procedure;

Selection by lot following a transparent procedure:-

(i) the local authority shall publish a notice calling for applications for

membership of Town Vending Committee, on its website and in

any three prominent local newspapers published in the local

language of the area. A copy of the notice shall also be put up in

any conspicuous place in the local market or markets under the

jurisdiction of the local authority;

(ii) the aforesaid notice shall contain, amongst other things, the date of

publication of notice, prescribed form for the application, the last

date for submission and the manner of submission of the

application;

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(iii)

the aforesaid notice shall be published thirty days prior to the last

date for the submission of applications for membership of Town

Vending Committee;

(iv)

any person, being a member of any association of street vendors,

the market association, the traders association, non-governmental

organization and community based organization and resident

welfare organization may apply for membership of Town Vending

Committee;

(v)

the local authority shall seek information, with respect to,

particulars of the applicant and details of work experience,

particularly in the area of informal market or markets and street

vending within the jurisdiction of the local authority, and such

other information as it may deems fit;

(vi)

on submission of the application form, the local authority shall

allot each a unique application number and communicate to all

the applicants.

(vii) if application received for a particular category is more than the

required nuuthority shall select the member on the basis of lottery.

Such lottery should be held in the presence of the interested

parties.

(3)

The lead bank concerned shall nominate a suitable member for

the Town Vending Committee.

(4)

The local authority shall publish the aforesaid information and

also the list of nominated members of Town Vending Committees

on its website, within thirty days from the last date for submission

of application forms for members of Town Vending Committees.

6. Duration of Town Vending Committee: - Term of a Town Vending

Committee constituted under section 22 of the Act shall be for a period

of [One] year from the date of its constitution provided it is not dissolved

by the Urban Local Body as per rule 7. However, the process of

constituting a Town Vending Committee shall be completed either before

the expiry of its term or before the expiry of a period of six months from

the date of dissolution.

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7. Dissolution of Town Vending Committee: - If, in the opinion of the

Urban Local Body (ULB), a Town Vending Committee persistently makes

defaults in the performance of its duties imposed on it under the Act and

these rules or exceeds or abuses its powers, the Urban Local Body may,

by order, dissolve such Town Vending Committee and constitute a fresh

Town Vending Committee.

8. Method of filling vacant post:- Method of filling in vacant seat due to

resignation, death, removal or any other reason by following the

procedure laid out in the rule 5 shall be followed.

Explanation - There is no bar to re-election. Change of the seating

member after two consecutive periods will be desirable, however

he can be continued if there is no response to the fresh advertisement

and further the seating candidate has no objection to continue. In

case of no response from any fresh candidate and unwillingness of

the existing member to continue, the ULB can nominate a suitable

candidate of the group represented by the existing incumbent.

9. Office procedure for Town Vending Committee: - In the first meeting,

Town Vending Committee shall decide various procedural points relating

to the conduct of its business, the details of which are listed hereafter,

(i) Time and Venue of the meeting shall be decided by the

Chairperson.

(ii) Member Convener shall inform before two days of scheduled

meeting.

Explanation- agenda of items may be circulated to the members

(iii)

Quorum shall be of Minimum [2/3rd] member of total strength

of the Town Vending Committee.

Explanation - The rationale for suggesting quorum

consisting of 2/3rd of the membership is to ensure that no

decision is taken with a comparatively lower number of

members.

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(iv) Decision will be based on the majority of present members.

(v) No meeting will be carried on in the absence of the quorum

(i.e., 50% + One member) and meeting will be adjourned if

quorum is not satisfied.

(vi) Minutes of the meeting will be signed by the Chairperson and

would be put up in the subsequent meeting of the Town Vending

Committee for confirmation.

(vii) Minutes of the meeting should be placed on the ULB website

or Town Vending Committee may decide to have its own

website.

(viii) Meeting of the committee should be held once in every two

months.

(ix) Requisition meeting can be called by Chairperson on a specific

issue on the request of Minimum [1/3rd] of the total members

of Town Vending Committee (TVC). It has to be called within

[72] hours after receiving the request for the same from the

required number of members.

(x) The first meeting of the Town Vending Committee will be fixed

within 30 days after Town Vending Committee formed.

10. Leave of absence and disqualification of members: - Leave of

absence and disqualification of the members shall be decided by Town

Vending Committee (TVC) in following manner,

(i) Member can remain absent in case of urgency with the approval of

the Chairperson.

(ii) When a member remains absent for three consecutive meetings

without permission, Chairperson shall issue a show cause notice

to the member asking him/her to explain the reasons for his /

her absence within a week. If the member submits satisfactory

reasons for absence he/she will be continued with warning but

if, fails to give any satisfactory reason or doesn’t reply to the

show cause notice then his/her membership will be terminated

from the committee.

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(iii) Any member convicted in any criminal case or makes persistent

default in his/her duties shall loose the membership of the Town

Vending Committee.

(iv) Any member found guilty of violating any provision of the Act

shall loose the membership of the Town Vending Committee.

(v) Concern member can appeal to the local authority against Town

Vending Committee decision and the decision of the local

authority will be final after giving proper hearing to both the

parties.

11.

Status paper and street vending scenario shall be put up by

the Local Authority:- After the procedural details are finalized by the

Town Vending Committee, and before it takes up the regular business,

the Urban Local Body concerned should circulate a status paper of the

street vending scenario in the city or town amongst the members of the

Town Vending Committee concerned containing the following details,

(i)

areas of street vending in the City / Town indicated in the

maps;

(ii)

the number of street vendors in the City/Town in case a

survey has already been conducted, otherwise indication can

be given about the approximate numbers;

(iii)

information should be given about the high footfall areas,

lean footfall areas and Mid-range areas from the street

vending angle;

(iv)

areas of seasonal vending, niche market, night bazaars,

weekly markets, heritage markets the likely high footfall

places in the areas under development;

(v)

broad categories of articles sold;

(vi)

problem areas from the traffic angle;

(vii)

enumeration of the relevant provisions of the Food

Adulteration Act;

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(viii)

enumerations of health and hygiene aspects need to be taken

care of by the street vendors.

Explanation - Caution should be taken to ensure that the data

presented are authentic to the extent possible and up to date.

This will virtually form the base level data to facilitate the Town

Vending Committee taking informed decisions.

12.

Functions of Town Vending Committee: - Without prejudice to

any other provisions of the Act, a Town Vending Committee (TVC) shall

perform the following functions,

(i) to facilitate survey for street vending and final decision about

vending zones along with their holding capacity as worked out

by the local authority.

Explanation - For deciding the vending zones, the Town

Vending Committee will have the base materials / data from

the Urban Local Body. The Bye-Laws (Regulations) and the

planning will identify the vending zones.

(ii) In case the Town Vending Committee has got any points to be

made about the zoning or about the area to be allotted to each

individual vendor it may draw the attention of the planning and

local authority to suitably modify the plan. After obtaining the

opinion of the authority, the Town Vending Committee shall take

an appropriate decision.

(iii) While making recommendations and suggesting changes about

the vending zones the Town Vending Committee will have to

take into consideration the road width, traffic flow and the

pedestrian movement in the area concerned.

(iv) Issuing, withholding, suspending and cancelling of the vending

certificate.

(v) Getting the social audit initiated on the implementation of the

Act.

(vi) On the recommendation of the Urban Local Body (ULB), Town

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[Part-I

Vending Committee will declare the Natural market, Weekly

market, Heritage market, Festive market, Seasonal market, Night

bazaar and Niche market with their exact location and specific

period in case of Seasonal market or Festive market. In case,

new such markets are evolving, the Town Vending Committee

should get the necessary survey carried on of the area and such

other aspects as it deems necessary and declare the place a

market, of any of the earlier mentioned category, depending on

the situation.

(vii) To furnish from time to time to the Government such returns

as may be prescribed under the Act and these Rules.

(viii) To provide comments to the Government for undertaking

promotional measures of making available credit, insurance and

other welfare schemes of social security for the street vendors.

13. Smaller Committees for specific issue: - The Town Vending Committee

can decide to form a smaller committees consisting of its members to

examine and come up with suggestion on any specific issue which might

crop up in this context from time to time.

14. Allowances to Chairperson and members: - There is no specific

allowance to Chairperson and Members. If, any minimal expenditure

like Tea and Snacks may be arranged by Urban Local Body at the time

of Town Vending Committee meetings.

15. The manner and the purpose for which a person may be associated:

- Town Vending Committee can associate any known expert in the field

of informal economy including street vending / spatial planning issues for

taking a view on matters relating to street vending. Such an expert will

have the right to take part in the discussions but cannot take part in the

voting. He will be paid the honorarium as decided by the Chairperson.

16. The other employees of Town Vending Committee: - Town Vending

Committee should have its temporary/permanent office in the space

allotted by the local authority. Urban Local Body will provide minimal

staff as requested by the Town Vending Committee, but no permanent

burden should be created by the Town Vending Committee on account

of the establishment cost.

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CHAPTER – IV

DISPUTE REDRESSAL SYSTEM

17 .

Constitution of Dispute Redressal System: - There shall be a

Grievance Redressal Committees (GRCs) at District Level or one at

State level for local authorities in the following manner:-

(i) There shall be Grievance Redressal Committee under the District

Collector in the District or One at the State Level.

(ii) The aggrieved street vendor has to file his/her grievance in that

Grievance Redressal Committee in which his/her local authority

area falls.

(iii) Government shall appoint a retired Civil Judge or a retired Judicial

Magistrate as a Chairperson of a Grievance Redressal

Committee. A retired Municipal Commissioner of a Municipality/

Municipal Corporation or retired Chief Executive Officer of

Secunderabad Cantonment Board in the region may be appointed

as second member of the committee whereas a prominent social

worker, preferably having experience in the field of informal

economy including street vending in the same region may be

appointed as the other member of the committee by the

Government of Telangana for Grievance Redressal Committee

at State Level.

(iv) The tenure of Grievance Redressal Committees will be for a

period of [three] years or till such time as Government appoints

a new committee.

(v) Every street vendor who has a grievance or dispute shall make

an application in writing to the committee constituted in such

form annexed and submit the same along with non judicial stamps

worth of Rs.50/-.

(vi) On receipt of grievance or dispute, the Grievance Redressal

Committees (GRC) shall, after verification and enquiry in such

manner within 30 days from the date of application, take steps

for redressal of such grievance or resolution of such dispute.

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(vii) Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the committee may

prefer an appeal to the concerned District Collector in such form

annexed, within 15 days from the date of decision along affixing

with Rs.100/- non-judicial stamps.

18. The form and the manner of making application: - (1) Every street

vendor who has a grievance under the Act, except specified in section

11, may file an application in writing in Form-A, himself / herself or through

his affiliated Union, specifying his/her name, place of residence and details

of the grievance.

(2) Application shall have to be filed by a street vendor within 30 days

from the date of occurrence of any incident causing the grievance.

19. The manner of verification and enquiry on receipt of grievance or

dispute: -The time within which and the manner in which steps

for redressal of grievances and resolution of disputes may be

taken,

(i) The street vendor may pray for interim relief during the pendency

of the application. On receipt of an application, the Committee

shall hold a preliminary hearing with the applicant to determine

whether there is a prima facie case.

(ii) The result of the preliminary hearing shall be pronounced at the

conclusion of the hearing and recorded in writing. The Committee

may grant or refuse the interim relief, if any, prayed by the street

vendor, with reasons recorded in writing.

(iii) The aforesaid order shall be communicated to the street vendor

and where it is held that there is a prima facie case, a notice shall

also be issued to the appropriate authority containing the details

of the grievance.

(iv) The appropriate Authority shall file a written reply within four

weeks from the date of receipt of the notice. A copy of the reply

shall also be furnished to the street vendor, free of cost.

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(v) The street vendor may file a reply to the aforesaid written reply

within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of the

written reply.

(vi) The Committee will give personal hearing to both parties and shall

pass an order in writing, with reasons for taking the decision within

one month.

CHAPTER – V

APPEALS

20. Municipal Committee to hear appeal: - Municipal Committee of three

member presided by the Mayor/ Chairperson/ Vice President,

Secunderabad Cantonment Board shall be constituted by the local authority

in the general body meeting to work as appellate authority to resolve the

appeal of the street vendor under section 11 and 20 of the Act.

21. Appeals against Town Vending Committee: - An applicant, who is

aggrieved by any decision of the Town Vending Committee with respect

to issue of certificate of vending or cancellation or suspension of certificate,

may appeal to the Municipal Committee constituted by the local authority

concerned within [1] month of the decision of the Town Vending

Committee in the prescribed Form–B. The Municipal Committee shall

have to dispose his/her appeal within [1] month from the date of receipt

of application either by rejecting or accepting it with a speaking order on

applicant’s representation after giving him a personal hearing.

22. Appeals against Grievance Redressal Committee: - (1) Any person

aggrieved by the aforesaid order, may file an appeal in writing to the

Municipal Committee of the local authority concerned. Such appeal shall

contain the name, age and address of the aggrieved person, details of the

order / resolution issued by the Committee and grounds for appeal in

Form-C. The appeal shall be accompanied by a copy of the order and a

copy of the vending certificate of the street vendor, if issued.

(2) No appeal shall be filed later than [30] days from the date of the

order of the Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC).

(3) On receipt of the appeal, the Municipal Committee of the local

authority shall issue a notice to the parties concerned intimating

the date and time of hearing.

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(4) The parties shall appear before the Municipal Committee on the

date appointed for hearing, which shall not be later than [30] days

from the date of filing of appeal.

(5) The Municipal Committee shall pronounce its order after giving

both parties an opportunity of being heard within [30] days.

CHAPTER – VI

MISCELLANEOUS

23. The manner of maintaining up to date record of all street vendors

under:- (1) Paper Records of the Town Vending Committee shall be

maintained by Municipal Commissioner with Urban Local Body staff in

the place allotted by the local body and the soft copy should also be

suitably maintained. All decisions taken by the Town Vending Committee

shall be placed on designated website.

(2) The records relating to the allotment of the space to the street vendors

shall be kept for [10] years. Other records may be preserved for a

period of [5] years unless those are needed for any legal

proceedings.

(3) The street / road plan with the existing site of the street vending shall

be a permanent record with the Town Vending Committee.

24. The manner of publishing summary of scheme: - Section 38 of the

Act envisages formation of various schemes to facilitate street vendors

and street vending. The Town Vending Committee shall have to got it

prepared such schemes by the local authority and ensure to publish the

summary of those schemes in the two local newspapers and shall also be

uploaded in official website after the State Government publishes the

notification specifying the schemes.

25. To furnish the returns to Government: - Every Town Vending

Committee (TVC) shall furnish the required details as prescribed in Form–

D to the Government as returns periodically.

26. The Annual Report: - Annual report shall be prepared within 3 months

after the completion of the Financial Year and should be uploaded in the

designated website.

June 10, 2020]

RULES SUPPLEMENT

FORM – A

[See rule 18]

APPLICATION TO THE TOWN VENDING COMMITTEE BY THE AGGRIVED STREET

VENDOR

Name of applicant:

Address for correspondence:

Contact No.:

ID number given by local authority (if issued):

Date of issue of vending certificate:

Place / location of vending:

Ward of vending:

Type of vending zone: i) Restriction free vending zone

ii) Restricted vending zone

iii) No vending zone

Nature of vending:

i. Mobile

ii. Stationary

iii. Any other (Please specify):

Grievance against which authority:

Details of Grievance (Give full details):

Documents supporting Grievance:

,the applicant, do

hereby solemnly declare that what is stated above is true to the best of my

information and knowledge.

Place:

Date:

Signature of applicant

Note: Please attach all the relevant documents with the application.

If required, to give full details of grievance, separate pages may be attached.

10.

11.

12.

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FORM – B

[See rule 21]

APPEAL TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE TOWN VENDING

COMMITTEE BY THE AGGRIVED STREET VENDOR

1. Name of Applicant:

2. Address for correspondence :

3. Contact No.:

4. ID number given by local authority (if issued) :

5. Date of issue of vending certificate:

6. Place / location of vending:

7. Ward of vending:

8. Type of vending zone: i) Restriction free vending zone

ii) Restricted vending zone

iii) No vending zone

9. Nature of vending:

i. Mobile

ii. Stationary

iii. Any other (Please specify):

10. Specify the Order/Resolution of Town Vending Committee against which this

appeal is made:

Rejection of vending certificate :

Cancellation of vending certificate:

Suspension of vending certificate:

11. Specify the details and ground of Appeal (Give full details) :

12. Documents supporting of Appeal:

, the applicant,

do hereby solemnly declare that what is stated above is true to the best of my

information and knowledge.

Place:

Date:

Signature of applicant

Note: Please attach all the relevant documents including Order/ Resolution of Town

Vending Committee with the application.

If required, to give full reasoning of appeal, separate pages may be attached.

June 10, 2020]

RULES SUPPLEMENT

FORM – C

[See rule 22]

APPEAL TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE GRIEVANCE

REDRESSAL COMMITTEE BY THE AGGRIEVED STREET VENDOR

Name of Applicant :

Address for correspondence :

Contact No.:

ID number given by local authority (if issued):

Date of issue of vending certificate:

Place / location of vending :

Ward of vending :

Type of vending zone: i) Restriction free vending zone

ii) Restricted vending zone

iii) No vending zone

Nature of vending :

Mobile

Stationary

Any other (Please specify):

Decision of Grievance Redressal Committee against which appeal is filed :

Details and ground of Appeal (Give full details) :

Documents supporting Appeal :

, the applicant,

do hereby solemnly declare that what is stated above is true to the best of my

information and knowledge.

Place:

Date:

Signature of applicant

Note: Please attach all the relevant documents including order/Resolution of

Grievance Redressal Committee with the application.

If required, to give full reasoning of appeal, separate pages may be attached.

10.

11.

12.

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Details

Applications Accepted/Issued Rejected Cancelled Suspended

Pending at the

beginning

Newly received

Total

Cleared during this

quarter

Pending at the end

of quarter

Printed and Published by the Commissioner of Printing, Government of Telangana at

Government Central Press, Chanchalguda Hyderabad.

FORM – D

[See rule 25]

PERIODICAL DETAILS TO BE FURNISHED TO THE GOVERNMENT

_________________________________ [Municipal Corporation /

Municipality / Secunderabad Cantonment Board] hereby submit following

details as per the rule 25 of the Act for quarter ending _____________

[March / June / September / December], 20 .

A. Details of certificates issued, rejected, cancelled and suspended

B. No. of newly surveyed street vendors and their completer details including name

of street vendor, address, type of vending, place of vending, type of vending,

etc.,

C. The number of town vending committee meetings held

D. Details of newly vending as earmarked, if any, with its holding capacity

E. Details of social audit done, if any

F. Details of promotional measures taken for availability of credit, insurance and

other welfare schemes of social security for street vendors

G. Any other information, as required by the Government from time to time

ARVIND KUMAR,

Principal Secretary to Government.