Assuming that the protection summons an observer in a laborers pay hearing, the observer didn't show and was not called, does the safeguard lawyer actually need to tell the appointed authority he was a flake-out, despite the fact that he was not called for declaration yet

Assuming that the protection summons an observer in a laborers pay hearing, the observer didn't show and was not called, does the safeguard lawyer actually need to tell the appointed authority he was a flake-out, despite the fact that he was not called for declaration yet