IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NOs : 10937, 11034 & 11036 of 2009 In W.P.No.10937 of 2009: Between: 1 M.Raghavendra Pavan Roll No.08E 11A0534 S/o. M.B Tilak 2 P.Vinaya Babu S/o.P.Vasantha Raidu R.No.08E 11A 2143 P.No.36 Venture-II Hasthinapuram Central Hyderabad 3 B.Rajeev Naveen Kumar S/o. B.Moshey Roll No.08E 11A 2160 H.No.16-2-46/2 Akbar Bagh Malkapet,Saideep Apartment Hyderabad 4 R.K.Shashank S/o. R.Krishna R.No.08E 11A 2129 R/o. 15-5-686 Ashok Bazar Afzulgunj Hyderabad 5 S.Mallikarjuna Reddy S/o S.Maddi Reddy R.No.08E 11A 2113 8-74 Goutham Nagar Dilsuknagar Hyderabad 6 K.Bhargav S/o.K.Ravi Kumar R.No.08E 11A 1207 2-2-1144/22/B/ New Nallakunata Hyderabad 7 Y.G Dinakar S/o. Y.I.Joseph R.No.08E 11A 1210 13-172 Christan Colony Shadnagar 8 K.V.Ranjith Kumar Varma S/o.K.S Raju R.No.08E 11A 0166 MIG Krishna Residency Flat No.306 Beside Srawathi School KPHB,Hyderabad 9 Challa Surya Kiran Reddy S/o. Aswantha Reddy R.No.08E 11A 2135 MIG 103 KPHB,Hyderabad 10 M.Rahul S/o.Venkateswarlu R.No.08E 11A 1286 3-5-111(New) L.B Nagar R.R District 11 K.Sridevi S/o.K.Venkateswara Rao R.No.08E 11A 12A4 12 K.Arun Kumar Yadav S/o.K.Kumaraswamy R.No.08E 11A1204 1-2-288/14/1/2/2 Aravindanagar,Donalaguda Hyderabad 13 Anni SylVia D/o. Abraham R.No.08E 11A 1202 3-5-111 L.B Nagar Hyderabad 14 P.Aditya S/o.P.Balakrishna R.No.08E 11A 0304 1-1-418 Gandhinagar Hyderabad 15 G.S.R Dheeraj S/o.G.R.Sudhakar R.No.08E 11A 0312 Tuljinivas,Chikkadpally Hyderabad 16 C.Vishwararjuna Reddy S/o.C.Nagarjuna Reddy R.No.08E 11A 2149 2-2-1123/9/H New Nallakunta Hyderabad 17 T.Mercy Raj D/o. Raj Prabhakar R.No.08E 11A 0119 Shyamnagar,Masab Tank Hyderabad 18 T.Joyce Raj D/o. Raj Prabhakar R.No.08E 11A 0116 101 Aradhana Enclave Shyamnagar,Masab Tank Hyderabad 19 C.Rahul S/o. C.Ram Mohana Rao R.No.08E 11A 0132 L.B Nagar R.R District 20 G.I.Emmanuel S/o. G.Issac R.No.08E 11A 1213 Kanchabagh,Hyderabad 21 R.Satish Reddy S/o.Ananthareddy R.No.08E 11A 1239 Ibrahimpatnam Ranga Reddy District 22 N.Akshaya Kumar S/o.N.Venkata Rao R.No.08E 11A 2102 Gowliguda Hyderabad 23 L.Preetham Reddy S/o Narsireddy R.No.08E 11A 2124 Dilsuknagar Hyderabad 24 V.Lalitya R.No.08E 11A 1276 L.B Nagar Hyderabad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Registrar J.N.T.U Hyderabad 2 The Principal Bharat Institute of Engineering & Techonology Mangal Pally Ibrahimpatnam Ranga Redddy 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 a writ or order more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not permitting the petitioners to appear in the Examinations as highly unjust arbitrary discriminatory and illegal and consequently direct the B.Tech 1Year Course and to promote the petitioners to II Year by condoning the attendance shortage of the petitioners. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.PAVAN KUMAR KOWTURU Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY In WRIT PETITION NO : 11034 of 2009 Between: Y. Stanley Jones, S/o. Late Late YGA Elisha, Roll No. 08E 11A0357, R/o. H.No. MC-244, Opp : Mamtaz College, Malakpet, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. 2 The Principal, Bharath Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangal Pally Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a writ or order more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not permitting the petitioner to appear in the examinations as highly, unjust, arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to permit the petitioner to appear for the examination of B.Tech (Mechancial) I Year Course and to promote the petitioners to II year by condoning the attendance shortage of the petitioners and pass Counsel for the Petitioner : MR. PAVAN KUMAR KOWTURU Counsel for the Respondents : MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY In WRIT PETITION NO : 11036 of 2009 Between: M. Srinivas Nagendra S/o. M. Rama Krishna Rao Roll No. 08E 11A0353 R/o. 16-11-21/25, Krishna Tulisi Nagar, Mossarambagh, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad. 2 The Principal, Bharath Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangal Pally Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a writ or order more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not permitting the petitioner to appear in the examinations as highly, unjust, arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to permit the petitioner to appear for the examination of B.Tech (Mechancial) I Year Course and to promote the petitioner to II year by condoning the attendance shortage of the petitioners and pass Counsel for the Petitioner :MR.PAVAN KUMAR KOWTURU Counsel for the Respondents : MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY The Court made the following common order: THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NOs : 10937, 11034 & 11036 of 2009 COMMON ORDER : The petitioners in all the writ petitions are the students of Engineering course in Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangal Pally, Ibrahimpatnam, Rangareddy District. These writ petitions are filed aggrieved by the action of the respondents in not permitting the petitioners to appear for the examinations held in April, 2009 on the ground of shortage of attendance. I have heard the learned counsel for both the parties. As held by this Court in W.P.No.24114 of 2008 and batch dated 30.06.2009, shortage of attendance below 65% in aggregate shall not be condoned in any case. However, if the shortage is between 65% and 75%, the College Academic Committee is competent to condone the same for genuine reasons. In the present cases, though no counter-affidavit is filed on behalf of the College, the specific plea of the petitioners is that they were not given opportunity for verification of the attendance particulars maintained by the College and that apart the college had failed to take into consideration the period during which the petitioners had participated in sports / cultural events representing the college. Having regard to the facts of the cases, I am of the opinion that the matter requires comprehensive enquiry with regard to the attendance maintained by the College after giving an opportunity to the petitioners to putforth their claims. Accordingly, all these writ petitions are disposed of permitting the petitioners to make an appropriate representation before the University as well as the College on or before 31.07.2009. If any such application is made within the time prescribed above, the College Academic Committee shall consider the same in accordance with law and submit its report to the University within one week thereafter. On the basis of such report, the University shall pass a final order with regard to eligibility of the petitioners to appear for the examinations. Till such time, the petitioners shall be permitted to appear for the next semester classes subject to the final order that may be passed by the University. It is made clear that this shall not entitle the petitioners to claim any equities in case the decision of the University goes against them. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 22-07-2009 klp Note: Issue today (29.7.2009) B/o gbs