The appellate court dismissed the writ appeal as infructuous, allowing the appellant to seek further relief against the appellate order.

Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, J.

The present writ appeal has been filed under Section 5 of the Kerala High Court Act , 1958 challenging the judgment dated 05.01.2026 whereby the writ petition was disposed of, directing the 1^st respondent to pass appropriate orders on Ext.P10 appeal within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment.

2. According to the prayer clause in the writ petition, there was a prayer with regard to calling of the records, and the 2^nd prayer was to dispose of the appeal pending before the competent authority within a time frame. The appeal has already been decided by the 1^st respondent vide Annexure-A1 order dated 02.02.2026. In the writ petition, the order under challenge is Ext.P14 against which the appeal was preferred. Now the appeal has been decided, and thereby the order Ext.P14 stands merged with the appellate order.

Accordingly, nothing survives for adjudication in this writ appeal, the same is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. However, the appellant would be at liberty to assail the appellate order, if so advised.

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