P.N.Ravindran, J.
The appellant is the plaintiff in O.S.No.24 of 1998 on the file of the Court of the Additional Subordinate Judge of Kochi. The respondents are the defendants therein. The suit instituted by the appellant for realisation of the sum of Rs.3,81,729/- together with interest and costs was decreed against defendants 1 and 2 and defendants 1 and 2 are held liable to pay a sum of Rs.3,81,729/- with interest at 19.38% per annum from the date of suit till realisation. The plaintiff has filed this appeal aggrieved by the denial of the decree against the other defendants.
2. The learned counsel appearing for the appellant has now filed a memo dated 27.1.2015 to the effect that the appeal may be dismissed as not pressed and one-half of the court fee paid on the memorandum of appeal may be refunded to the appellant.
In the light of the memo dated 27.1.2015, the appeal is dismissed as not pressed. Consequently in view of the decision of the Division Bench of this Court in Philomina Joseph v. State of A.S.No.280 of 2001 2 Kerala & Another [2009 (1) KLT 591] we direct the Registry to refund to the appellant one-half of the court fee paid on the memorandum of appeal.
P.N.RAVINDRAN JUDGE ANIL K.NARENDRAN JUDGE vpv