Authority: High Court of Odisha at Cuttack
Order Date: 25 September 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioner Manguli Sahoo, a street vendor operating at Ward No.41, Unit-3, near Sriya Complex, Bhubaneswar, filed a writ petition seeking protection under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and the Odisha Street Vendors Scheme, 2015, against eviction by the State of Odisha and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation.
- The petitioner holds a Street Vendor ID issued on 01‑08‑2020 and a Street Vendor Token No.41 issued on 04‑12‑2015; he submitted an application in Form II for renewal of his certificate, which is pending before the Town Vending Committee of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation.
- Opposite parties include the State of Odisha and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, represented by counsel Pronoy Mohanty; the petitioner is represented by counsel Debidutta Mohapatra.
- The Court observed that keeping the matter pending without direction to the municipal corporation would not serve any purpose and therefore proceeded to issue interim relief without expressing opinion on the merits of the certificate application.
Final Outcome
- The Court disposed of the writ petition, directing that upon production of a certified copy of this order and a copy of the Form II application, the Town Vending Committee shall consider the renewal application expeditiously within one month.
- Until a decision is taken on the renewal application, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation shall not take any coercive measure to evict the petitioner.
- An urgent certified copy of the order is to be granted on proper application.
Topics: Street Vendors, Urban Governance