Sashi Tarai v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Street vending certificate application; direction to consider and dispose; Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC); allegation of encroachment of Government land; status-quo protection; writ petition disposed without adjudication on merits; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; W.P.(C) No.16164 of 2023 with I.A. No.7385 of 2023; order dated 25.11.2024; Coram: Arindam Sinha and M.S. Sahoo, JJ.; Counsel: B.S. Rayaguru for petitioner; A.K. Pati ASC for State; Panda for BMC.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction to opposite party no.2 to consider and decide the petitioner's application for a street vending certificate, the petitioner to furnish a certified copy of the order with the application, and status-quo maintained till two weeks after the decision is communicated to the petitioner. ¶27