The court affirmed that eviction actions concerning street vendors must be conducted in compliance with statutory regulations, closing the petition as previously addressed in appeal.

JUDGMENT

The writ petition is filed with the following prayers.

“1) To issue a writ of mandamus, or any appropriate writ or direction directing the respondents not to evict or displace the petitioner’s street vending bunk as evident from Exhibit P1 till the finalization of process in terms of S.3 of Street Vendors (Protection of livelihood, Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 as well as Rules and Scheme formulated by the State of Kerala as directed in Exhibit P2 and Exhibit P3 judgment;

2) To issue a writ of mandamus, or any appropriate writ or direction directing the respondent no.3 to consider and take a decision upon Exhibit P4 representation in terms of S.3 of Street Vendors (Protection of livelihood, Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 as well as Rules and Scheme formulated by the State of Kerala as directed in Exhibit P2 and Exhibit P3 judgment;

3) Dispense with the filing of English translation of Exhibits in vernacular;

And

4) Such other Writ, Orders or Directions deem fit on facts and in the interest of justice.”

2. An order was passed by this court on 04.04.2025 declining to grant the interim relief sought by the petitioner and permitting the eviction of the petitioner from the spot in question.

3. The said order was carried in appeal as W.A. No.735 of 2025, in which, recording the statement of the Corporation that they will take steps under the provisions of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 , the writ appeal was disposed of.

In the light of the order passed in the writ appeal, nothing further remains to be considered in this writ petition, and the same is closed as infructuous.