Ambuja Sethy v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
street vendor protection; Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014; Odisha Street Vendors Scheme, 2015; Form II application; certificate of street vending; Town Vending Committee; Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation; vending zone; eviction during pendency of application; trade licence validity; writ petition disposed with direction; one-month timeline for consideration; K.R. Mohapatra; Sanjay Kumar Mishra; W.P.(C) No.2486 of 2026; Ambuja Sethy.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Town Vending Committee, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (Opposite Party No.3) to consider the Petitioner's pending Form II application for a street vending certificate, upon production of a certified copy of the order and a copy of the application, as expeditiously as possible within one month, in accordance with law, and to communicate the decision to the Petitioner forthwith; no opinion expressed on the merits.