IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.V.BHATTI & THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE BASANT BALAJI MONDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY 2023 / 3RD MAGHA, 1944 W.A. NO.1521 OF 2011 (AGAINST THE JUDGMENT DATED 21.7.2022 IN WPC 7311/2007 OF HIGH COURT OF KERALA) APPELLANT/1st RESPONDENT: KALPETTA MUNICIPALITY, WAYANAD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. BY ADV SRI.A.S.BENOY RESPONDENTS/PETITIONER & 2ND RESPONDENT: 1 RAMESH KUMAR.V, CONTINGENT WORKER/TEMPORARY DRIVER, KALPETTA MUNICIPALITY, WAYANAD, RESIDING AT SINDHU VILASAM, RATAKOLLI, KALPETTA P.O, WAYANAD. 2 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM-695 001. BY ADV CELINE JOSEPH GOVERNMENT PLEADER, BEJOY CHANDRAN THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23.01.2023, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.A.1521/2011 2 JUDGMENT (Dated: 23rd January, 2023) S.V.Bhatti, J. Kalpetta Municipality is the appellant. The appeal was filed through the office of Advocate A.K.Sreenivasan. There is no appearance for the appellant in the forenoon and in the afternoon. From the docket order of the court, we notice that the demise of the learned Advocate through whom the appeals have been filed was noticed as early as 2020. The appellant is a local body and appears to have not taken steps to get the appeal represented by a counsel both in the morning and in the afternoon. We are compelled to dismiss the appeal for default. Writ Appeal dismissed for default. Sd/- S.V.BHATTI, JUDGE Sd/- BASANT BALAJI, JUDGE ss