Pramod Kumar Nayak v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, W.P.(C) 15150/2025, order dt. 11.07.2025 (K.R. Mohapatra & Savitri Ratho, JJ.): writ by street vendor at Laxmi Bazar, Puri; pending Form-II application under Paragraph-6(2), Scheme under Street Vendors Act, 2014 referred to Town Vending Committee, Puri Municipality for decision within one month; no coercive eviction till decision; disposed without opinion on merits. Counsel: Debidutta Mohapatra (Petitioner), S.R. Pattanaik AGA (State of Odisha), Pronoy Mohanty (Municipality/BMC).
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed with a direction to the Town Vending Committee, Puri Municipality (O.P. No.3) to consider and dispose of the Petitioner's pending application for grant of certificate of Street Vending expeditiously, preferably within one month of production of the certified copy (to be produced within ten days); until decision on the application, no coercive measure for the Petitioner's eviction from his business place.