IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 10787 of 2009 Between: B.Ravi Kiran being Minor rep.by his Father and Natural guardian B.V.V.S Prasad S/o. B.Krishna Rao(41) Years D.No.1-82/6, 2nd Street, Bharaninagar,Nacharam,Hyderabad .... PETITIONER AND 1 The Jawarlal Nehru Technological University Kukatpally, Hyderabad rep.by its Registrar 2 The Principal Bharath Institute of Engineering & Techonology Mangalapally, Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy District ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue writ or direction particularly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not condoning the absence of the petitioner during 1st year B.Tech (I.T) Course as illegal void and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to allow the petitioner to appear for the final Examinations of 1st Year B.Tech(I.T) course Scheduled to be commenced from 4-6-2009 by issuing necessary hall ticket and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.V.R.AVULA Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 10787 of 2009 ORDER: Heard both sides. The petitioner herein is a student of Engineering Course. This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the action of the respondents in not permitting the petitioner to appear for the examinations on the ground of shortage of attendance in the particular semester. Admittedly, the petitioner had secured less than 65% of attendance. As per Section 6 of the Academic Regulations made by the Jawaharlal Nehru Techlogical University, it is mandatory for every student to put in a minimum of 75% attendance in 1st year or each semester thereafter. It was also made clear in Section 6 that shortage of attendance below 65% in aggregate shall not be condoned in any case and that the student will not be promoted to the next semester unless he satisfies the requirement of attendance of the particular semester/1st year. Having considered the scope and object of Section 6 of the Regulations, this Court by order dated 30.06.2009 in W.P.No.24114 of 2008 and batch held that the question of condonation of shortage of attendance does not arise where the student had less than 65% of attendance in aggregate in a particular semester. In the instant case, since the petitioner admittedly had less than 65% of attendance, the ratio laid down in the above decision squarely applies and accordingly following the order dated 30.06.2009 in W.P.No.24114 of 2008 and batch, this Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. _____________ G.ROHINI, J 15th July 2009 RAR