IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 23615 of 2006 Dated:13.11.2006 Between: P.Arun Prasad ..... PETITIONER AND The Registrar, Osmania University, Hyderabad and another. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 23615 of 2006 ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the second respondent in not allowing him to appear for Ist Semester of IInd Year B.E. examination, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently, to direct the second respondent to allow him to appear for Ist Semester of IInd Year B.E. Examination by issuing the hall-ticket. The petitioner was not allowed to appear for the said examination by issuing hall-ticket only on the ground that he does not possess required minimum attendance as per the Academic Regulations. As per the Academic Regulations of the University, a minimum attendance of 75% is required for a student to acquire eligibility to write examination in that particular Semester. Further, there is also a circular to condone the shortage of attendance to an extent of 10%. As such, unless a student possesses 65% attendance, he is not eligible to seek condonation of remaining 10% attendance for allowing him to write the examination. In this case, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is having only 59% attendance. As such, I do not find any valid ground to admit this writ petition. A Division Bench of this Court in M.Sunil Chakravarthy Vs. Principal, Sreekalahasteeswara Institute of Technology, Srikalahasti[1] dealt with this aspect and held that no direction by way of Mandamus can be issued, which is otherwise prohibited by Academic Regulations framed by the University. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is devoid of merits and is, accordingly, dismissed at the stage of admission. No order as to costs. _____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 13.11.2006 DR [1] 2005 (1) ALD 253