Hello Wanderlust,
Yesterday I received back my application package which was submitted on June 2011. I found that there is a file number starting with XE........
But I can't get any information about this file number in ecas.
It seems to me that they do keep the records for returned application also.
One more info.
My very first application was in Aug 2007, which is in backlog process now and I am not sure when that application will be dusted.
I sent a mail to Minister and as advised by the ministry staff, I re-applied under MI3, for which I got my cc charged.
You already know that I did a a mistake submitting my application bit early, which reached on 29-Jun-2011 and I submitted one more application on 18-Jul-2011.
In the returned application, they have mentioned my client ID, which belongs to application which was submitted on Aug 2007 .
So, they do a through check.
Rgds
Ramesh