Whether the appeal had to be removed from the docket after the appellant failed to pay the advance and did not pursue legal aid
The appellant's letter of 11 October 2012 was treated as a withdrawal of the appeal, so the case had to be struck from the docket.
Under the cantonal procedural rules and the special cost rule for disability-insurance appeals, the court could require an advance on costs; since the appellant neither paid nor requested legal aid within the time limit, his statement was deemed a withdrawal.