Evicted Typists, Vendors Demand Space
Families plead for alternative workspace after sudden clearance outside City Civil Court disrupts decades-old livelihoods of typists, stamp vendors and notary advocates.
By : V. Shivani Reddy
Update: 2025-07-07 16:19 GMT
Hyderabad: Dozens of typists, stamp vendors and notary advocates were left without livelihoods after being recently evicted from their long-standing workspaces outside the City Civil Court in Secunderabad. On Monday, the affected workers gathered to express concern over the sudden eviction, which they said has upended the lives of nearly 75 families who have depended on legal and government-related work for decades.
“We have been working here for years. All our work is linked to government offices. We never disturbed anyone — in fact, we helped people understand legal matters and prepared documents for them. We neither have access to nearby commercial space nor can we afford the rent,” said one of the evicted workers.
Shop owners and service providers urged officials to allot them alternative space to continue their work, without which survival would become extremely difficult. “This is our only source of income. Even though we earn little, many of us have been coming from far-off places and working here for the last 30 or 40 years,” said Anjaneyulu, a typist from Jangaon district.
Simon Peter, another typist, said the group had been spared from eviction once earlier after timely intervention by local MLA Ganesh. “This time, no one came to help us. We are compiling a list of all those affected and requesting the authorities to provide us with jobs or workspaces.”
Several evicted workers are elderly and have no alternative means of livelihood. “I have served litigants here for 40 years. Now I am 71 — who will give me a job at this age? There is no other way for me to survive,” said Rajesh Rao.
Yadagiri, a differently-abled man, said he and his wife earned a modest income through stamp vending. “We are only asking to be shown a path to livelihood,” he said.
B. Uma Lakshmi, a single woman and stamp vendor, who has worked at the court premises for 18 years, said she felt completely abandoned. “I haven’t even told my unwell mother about what happened. I don’t know how to explain this to her,” she lamented.