Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J.

The appellant workman impugns the order dated 08.07.2011 of the learned Single Judge of this Court dismissing W.P.(C) No.4685/2011 preferred by the appellant against the award dated 29.07.2010 of the Industrial Adjudicator on the following reference:

Whether the action of the management of Superintending Engineer, Delhi Development Authority, in terminating the services of Shri Sukh Dev Singh w.e.f. 25.07.2006 is legal and justified? If not, what relief the workman is entitled to?

and holding the appellant workman to have abandoned his service and thus not entitled to any relief.

2. The factual scenario not controverted before us is, that the appellant joined the employment of the respondent DDA as a Mate on Muster Roll Basis on 26.08.1981; he was on 06.03.1984 converted as Work Charge Mate; that he unauthorizedly absented from duty from 01.09.2004; that letters dated 06.10.2004, 20.12.2004, 08.08.2005, 15.10.2005 & 31.01.2006 were issued to him asking him to join back the duty and intimating him that if he did not so join the duty, he would be presumed to be no longer interested in continuing in service; despite service of the aforesaid letters, he did