Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010067482026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/1932/2026 AETHER BREWERIES LLP 2ND MILE, NAMSAI, DISTRICT- NAMSAI, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, 792103, REPRESENTED BY ONE OF ITS PARTNERS VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 3 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, ASSAM SECRETARIAT, DISPUR, ASSAM- 781006 2:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM EXCISE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM ASSAM SECRETARIAT DISPUR- 781006 3:THE COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM EXCISE DEPARTMENT HOUSE-FED COMPLEX DISPUR GUWAHATI- 781006 4:ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NIRVACHAN SADAN ASHOKA ROAD NEW DELHI- 11000 Advocate for the Petitioner : DR. ASHOK SARAF, MR. N SARMA,MR. S P SHARMA,S DAS Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC, ECI,SC, EXCISE DEPTT. Page No.# 2/2 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : --13.05.2026 Mr. S.P. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr. S.S. Roy, learned Junior Government Advocate, Assam for the respondent no. 1; Mr. R.R. Gogoi, learned Standing Counsel, Excise Department for the respondent nos. 2 & 3; and Mr. N. Kalita, learned counsel on behalf of Mr. A.I. Ali, learned Standing Counsel, Election Commission of India are present. The learned counsel for the parties have submitted that the subject-matter of the writ petition has become infructuous as the impugned Order dated 24.03.2026 has since been withdrawn and the period of Model Code of Conduct has since expired. In view of the above submission made by the learned counsel for the parties that the interim order passed stands recalled and the writ petition having been rendered infructuous, stands dismissed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant