Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010160412026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/4136/2026 MOJJAMEL HOQUE BHUYAN S/O. INNACH ALI BHUYAN, R/O. VILLAGE PIRADHARA PT-I, P.O. PIRADHARA, P.S. ABHAYAPURI, DISTRICT BONGAIGAON, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, DISPUR, GUWAHATI- 781006. 2:THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS AND HEAD OF FOREST FORCE ASSAM PANJABARI GUWAHATI-781037 3:TEJAS MARISWAMY DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER GOALPARA DIVISION (T) DISTRICT GOALPARA ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR F HAQUE, MR A ISLAM Advocate for the Respondent : SC, FOREST, Page No.# 2/2 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY ORDER 17.08.2026 Heard Mr. F. Haque, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. R.R. Gogoi, learned Standing Counsel, Forest Department for the respondent nos. 1 & 2. In the course of their submissions, the learned counsel for the parties have submitted that the vehicle bearing Registration no. AS-19/AC-3968 has been released, in the meantime, in terms of the Order dated 01.07.2026 passed by the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Goalpara. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the parties that in view of the same, the subject-matter of the writ petition has become infructuous and, therefore, the writ petition can be closed. Mr. Gogoi, learned Standing Counsel, Forest Department has submitted that the release of the vehicle shall not be construed as a bar for the respondent authorities in the Forest Department to initiate any action as permissible under the law as regards the said vehicle. In view of the above submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is closed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant