2025:KER:31916 W.A.No. 735 of 2025 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. NITIN JAMDAR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.MANU FRIDAY, THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 21ST CHAITHRA, 1947 WA NO. 735 OF 2025 AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 04.04.2025 IN WP(C) NO.12892 OF 2025 OF HIGH COURT OF KERALA APPELLANT/PETITIONER: SARAMMA, AGED 69 YEARS, W/O. WILFRED, ODASSERIL THOPPIL VEEDU, TUET, KOLLAM TALUK, CUTCHERY P.O., KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN – 691 001 BY ADVS. MANU RAMACHANDRAN M.KIRANLAL R.RAJESH (VARKALA) T.S.SARATH SAMEER M NAIR SAILAKSHMI MENON AASHI K. SHAJAN MINZA FATHIMA SALIM M. BINITHA MARIA THOMAS KEZIL THOTTUKADAVIL CHERIAN RESPONDENT S / RE S PONDENTS : 1 THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, CIVIL STATION, KOLLAM, KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN–691 013 2 THE KOLLAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OFFICE OF KOLLAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, 2025:KER:31916 W.A.No. 735 of 2025 2 CANTONMENT P.O., KOLLAM DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, PIN – 691 001 3 THE SECRETARY, KOLLAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, CANTONMENT P.O., KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN – 691 001 4 THE CHAIRMAN, TOWN VENDING COMMITTEE, KOLLAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OFFICE OF KOLLAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN – 691 001 5 THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (ROADS DIVISION), PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (ROADS DIVISION), KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN – 691 001 SRI. S. SREEKUMAR (KOLLAM), SC SRI. V. TEKCHAND, SR. GP THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:31916 W.A.No. 735 of 2025 3 JUDGMENT Dated this the 11th day of April, 2025 Nitin Jamdar, C.J. Heard Mr. Manu Ramachandran, learned counsel for the Appellant/Original Petitioner, Mr. S. Sreekumar (Kollam), learned Standing Counsel for the Kollam Municipal Corporation and Mr. V. Tekchand, learned Senior Government Pleader. 2. The appeal is filed by the Original Petitioner who is a street vendor doing the street vending activity within the jurisdiction of the Respondent Municipal Corporation. The Appellant was sought to be evicted from her place of business as a street vendor and challenging this action of the Municipal Corporation, the Appellant filed W.P. (C)No.12892 of 2025 and prayed for an interim relief. The learned Single Judge rejected the interim relief holding that the public interest will overweigh any statutory right under the provisions of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 (Act 7 of 2014). 3. The learned counsel for the Appellant submitted that an identical fact situation was considered by the Division Bench in the case of Mahadevi v. Sub Divisional Magistrate/Revenue Divisional Officer, Kollam Collectorate1 and by judgment dated 11 February 2025, the Division Bench observed that the street vendors have a statutory 1 2025 (2) KLT 90 2025:KER:31916 W.A.No. 735 of 2025 4 protection and even for taking action under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, case for summary eviction will have to be made out by the Municipal Corporation for such immediate threat, failing which the eviction will have to be as per the provisions of the Act 7 of 2014 and the Kerala Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood, Regulation of Street Vending and Licensing) Scheme, 2019 (Scheme of 2019). Even the learned counsel for the Municipal Corporation agrees that the Municipal Corporation will have to proceed to take steps against the Appellant as per the provisions of the Act 7 of 2014 and the Scheme of 2019, as per the decision of the Division Bench in the case of Mahadevi. 4. In light of this statement made by the learned counsel for the Municipal Corporation, which adequately protects the interests of the Appellant being in tune with the decision of the Division Bench in the case of Mahadevi, no further orders are required to be passed in the appeal. It is accordingly disposed of. Sd/- Nitin Jamdar Chief Justice Sd/- S. Manu Judge vpv