Authority: High Court of Odisha at Cuttack
Order Date: 25.09.2026
Case Overview
- Petition No.: W.P.(C) No.30165 of 2026, CNR No.ODHC010719792026.
- Petitioner: Babaji Charan Singh, a street vendor operating at Ward No.41, Unit‑3, Near Sriya Complex, opposite ICICI Bank, Kharvela Nagar, Bhubaneswar, District Khordha.
- Opposite Parties: State of Odisha & others, including Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) represented by counsel Mr. P.K. Mohanty and Mr. Pronoy Mohanty.
- The petitioner seeks protection under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and the Odisha Street Vendors Scheme, 2015, requesting a direction to restrain eviction from his place of business.
- He has been engaged in street vending at the same location for the last 40 years.
- He was issued a Street Vending Certificate and ID Card on 07‑09‑2020 and a Street Vendor Token No.41 on 04‑12‑2015 by the BMC.
- He has filed an application in Form II for renewal of the certificate, which is pending before the Town Vending Committee of BMC.
- During the pendency of the renewal application, eviction steps were being taken, prompting the filing of the writ petition.
Final Outcome
- The Court, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the certificate renewal, directs that upon production of a certified copy of this order together with the Form II application, the Town Vending Committee shall consider the renewal application expeditiously, within one month from receipt.
- Until a decision is taken on the Form II application, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation shall not take any coercive measure for eviction of the petitioner.
- An urgent certified copy of this order shall be granted on proper application.
Topics: Street Vending, Eviction Relief, Judicial Order