Balasore market shopkeepers lose plea against eviction for road work
[name withheld] ordered shopkeepers in two market complexes to vacate for road widening and drainage work. The shopkeepers said 50-plus units had traded there for decades. The Orissa High Court dismissed their writs on 9 January 2026 and vacated interim protection.
This page records what the cited court, tribunal and government records say happened. Findings belong to the court or authority that made them; this register adds none of its own. Names of private individuals are withheld unless a naming gate clears them.
How we verify →Writs stand dismissed and interim pause stands vacated, leaving the eviction to proceed under municipal and district supervision.
What happened
The High Court recorded that the dispute concerns proposed eviction and demolition affecting shop rooms in Golden Jubilee Market and Arunodaya Market Complex within [name withheld].
The shopkeepers said they had traded for over three decades and sought enforcement of a consultative panel process and protection of livelihood.
The authorities said the occupiers were encroachers on public-works land blocking road widening and drains, and that hawker law did not cover permanent unauthorised shops.
The Court rejected the challenge to the eviction and demolition action, dismissed both writs, dropped the linked contempt cases, and asked the town and district to monitor against fresh occupation.
What the record says
“W.P.(C) Nos.28055 of 2025 and 28085 of 2025 stand dismissed.”
W.P.(C) No.28085 of 2025, Orissa High Court judgment dated 09.01.2026 — read the full text
A peaceful economic act
Running small shops harmed no one; the action was licence-permit and encroachment enforcement over use of public land for livelihood.
What we could not confirm
Exact number of affected shops and rehabilitation offer could not be confirmed from the excerpt; no fine amount was imposed.