Per Mr B A Shaikh, Hon’ble Presiding Member

None is present for the appellant. Perusal of the record & proceedings of the appeal shows that in pursuance of the notice dtd.03.09.2015 issued by this Commission to the appellant by Registered Post Acknowledgement Due, the representative of the appellant namely Somdatta Wasnik had appeared on 02.11.2015 before this Commission.  The appeal was adjourned till 21.01.2016 for taking appropriate steps by the said representative of the appellant. Thereafter, on 21.01.2016, the said representative of the appellant had appeared and filed objection statement.  Thereafter the appeal came to be adjourned several times i.e. on 14.03.2016, 03.05.2016, 20.07.2016, 19.09.2016, 17.11.2016 and 21.12.2016. None appeared for the appellant on all those dates.  The appellant has not complied with the direction given by this Commission on 03.05.2016 to serve the notice of this Commission to respondent Nos.1 & 2 by Registered Post Acknowledgement Due.  This Commission, therefore, observed on 17.11.2016 in its order that as the appellant has not complied with the said direction, nor appeared on several dates as above, the appeal deserves to be dismissed for want of prosecution. Last chance was granted to the appellant for compliance till 21.12.2016.  However, till 21.12.2016 also the aforesaid compliance was not made by the appellant and therefore the appeal came to be adjourned again observing in the order dtd.21.12.2016 that the appeal deserves to be dismissed.  The appeal came to be adjourned till this date for appropriate order. 

We find that as the appellant has not taken steps for service of notice to the respondents, the appeal deserves to be dismissed in default.

Hence, the appeal is dismissed in default.

No order as to costs.

Copy of the order be furnished to both parties free of cost.