Authority: High Court of Odisha at Cuttack

Order Date: 25 September 2026

Case Overview

  • Parties: Petitioner – Subhasriya Parida; Opposite Parties – State of Odisha, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and others.
  • Nature of Proceeding: Writ Petition (W.P.(C) No.30334 of 2026) filed under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and the Odisha Street Vendors Scheme, 2015, seeking protection from eviction of her street‑vending stall.
  • Background: The petitioner has been operating a street‑vending business at Ward No.41, Unit‑3, Near Sriya Complex, in front of ICICI Bank, Kharvela Nagar, Bhubaneswar for the last 15 years. She holds a Miscellaneous Receipt for a trade licence issued by the BMC under Section 554 of the OMC Act, 2003, identifying her as a street vendor. She has filed an application in Form II for a street‑vending certificate, which is pending before the Town Vending Committee of the BMC.
  • Counsel: Mr. Debidutta Mohapatra (advocate for the petitioner); Mr. Pronoy Mohanty (advocate for BMC); Mr. P.K. Mohanty (Senior Advocate for other opposite parties).
  • Court’s Observation: The Court noted that keeping the matter pending for further instructions from the BMC would not serve any fruitful purpose and therefore proceeded to dispose of the petition without expressing any opinion on the merits of the certificate application.

Final Outcome

  • The Town Vending Committee, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, shall consider the petitioner’s Form II application expeditiously within one month from the production of a certified copy of this order along with the application.
  • No coercive eviction measures shall be taken by the BMC against the petitioner until a decision on the Form II application is rendered.
  • An urgent certified copy of the order shall be granted on proper application.

Topics: Street Vending, Legal Protection