J U D G M E N T

Dated this the 11^th day of February, 2025 Nitin Jamdar, C.J.

The Appellants are street vendors operating a small street vending business on four-wheeler carts near the District Hospital on the Kollam Victoria – District Hospital Road. Street vending in the State of Kerala is regulated by the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 ("the Act of 2014") and the Kerala Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood, Regulation of Street Vending and Licensing) Scheme, 2019 ("the Scheme").

2. In 2016, when Appellant No. 1 faced eviction from her place of business, she filed W.P.(C) No. 38273 of 2016 before this Court, seeking a direction to restrain the Respondent – Corporation from evicting her. The writ petition was disposed of by judgment dated 13 December 2016 with a direction to the Respondent – Corporation to finalise the list of vendors prepared by it. In 2020, Appellant No. 2 also faced eviction, and filed W.P.(C) No. 29194 of 2020, in which an interim order was passed by the learned Single Judge on 29 December 2020 directing the Respondents therein not to forcibly evict him.

3. Notice of eviction (Exhibit-P6) was issued to th