Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010310212019 2025:GAU-AS:6724 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : PIL/79/2019 AJIT KR. BHUYAN S/O- LT. J. N. BHUYAN, R/O- 505, AKANKHYA MANSION, SHIV MANDIR PATH, P.O. KHANAPARA, GHY.- 781022. VERSUS 1: THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 3 ORS. REP. BY ITS ADDL. CHIEF SECY., GOVT. OF ASSAM (HOME AND POLITICAL), DISPUR, GHY.-781006. 2:THE DY. SECY. GOVT. OF ASSAM (HOME AND POLITICAL) DISPUR GHY.-06. 3:THE UNION OF INDIA REP. BY THE SECY. MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (DEPTT. OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS ) SANCHAR BHAWAN 20 ASHOKA ROAD NEW DELHI- 110001. 4:THE SR. DY. DIRECTOR GENERAL ( AS) MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (DEPTT. OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS) SANCHAR BHAWAN 20 ASHOKA ROAD NEW DELHI- 110001. 5:INTERNET FREEDOM FOUNDATION TROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APR GUPTA AGE 35 YEARS HAVING ITS OFFICE AT E-215 THIRD FLOOR EAST OF KAILASH NEW DELHI-110065 AS AN INTERVENER For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. A. Gautam, Advocate. : Mr. C. Talukdar, Advocate. For the Respondent(s) : Mrs. S. Sarma, Junior Govt. Advocate, Assam for respondent Nos.1 & 2. : Mr. A. Atreya, Advocate for respondent No.5. Page No.# 2/2 – B E F O R E – HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. VIJAY BISHNOI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KARDAK ETE 27-05-2025 (Vijay Bishnoi, CJ) This PIL petition is filed praying for the following reliefs:- “i. Issue a writ of Certiorari, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, against Respondent No.1, thereby setting aside its Notification No.HMA-19019(11)/1/2018-Political(A)/84, dated 11.12.2019, and similar subsequent Notifications, issued for suspension of internet services in eight districts of Assam; ii. Issue a writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, thereby declaring the Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017, to be unconstitutional and ultra vires the provisions of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885.” Mr. A. Gautam, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that with the enactment of the Telecommunications (Temporary Suspension of Services) Rules, 2024 vide Notification dated 22.11.2024 published in the Gazette of India, the challenge made by the petitioner to the impugned Notification as well as the impugned Rules has become infructuous. In view of the above, this PIL petition stands dismissed as infructuous. JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant