THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22998 OF 2005 Between: K.Vigneshwar . . .Petitioner And The Registrar, J.N.T.U., Hyderabad and another . . .Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22998 OF 2005 O R D E R: The petitioner is a student of Engineering. He studied 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of B.Tech in the second respondent college. The Academic Regulations issued by the first respondent university mandate that a student must have 100 credits from the examinations held up to the third year, so as to be eligible to be promoted to the fourth year. The petitioner states that he had 96 credits up to third year and that he has appeared in certain failed examinations in supplementary. His grievance is that though he is likely to achieve the target of 100 credits soon after the results of the supplementary examinations are declared, he was not being promoted to the fourth year. He seeks appropriate directions in this regard. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the first respondent. The regulation 6(4) of the Academic Regulations issued by the first respondent are very clear to the effect that a student must have acquired 100 credits up to third year, is a condition precedent for being promoted to fourth year. There is no provision for granting any exemption or relaxation even in deserving cases, as in the case of attendance. In the absence of any such provision, this Court cannot direct the university and the college to ignore the said mandatory provision. The pass, if any, in the supplementary examination cannot endure to the benefit of the petitioner in this regard, since the acquisition of 100 credits must have been there, by the time the fourth year commences. The petitioner is not able to cite any instance of granting exemption on this condition in favour of any candidate. Hence, this Court does not find any basis to grant any relief to the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ (L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J) 28th OCTOBER, 2005. kvni