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I am really confused and UK immigration department doesn't give any clear info, and different lawyers suggest different answers.
If different trained immigration attorneys are providing different answers, any answer from the random strangers on the internet like travel.exchange will only be an additional opinion, non definitive.
That said I would answer yes to the question. My reason for that being that immediately your extension application was denied, you became an overstay. Note that the previous 28 day (now changed to 14 day etc) rule overlooked an applicants overstay, it didnβt mean the overstay did not happen. Since your appeal was withdrawn before adjudication, the overstay status stands.
My conclusion is based on logic and inference, not hard codified rules. That said I am only just another random guy lurking on the internet.