THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI W.P.No.21308 of 2011 Between: Dasari Viswanadha Venkat PETITIONER And 1. The Vice Chancellor Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Vindya C-4, Ground Floor, Campus of IIIT-H, Gachibowli, Hyderabad and another. RESPONDENTS Counsel for the petitioner Sri A.S.C. Bose Counsel for the respondents: G.P. for Education. Court made the following ORDER: The petitioner, who is a student studying IIIT in the 1st respondent university has filed this writ petition complaining the action of the 2nd respondent in not permitting him to attend the 3rd year course as illegal. The petitioner passed IV Semesters out of 5 in the 1st and 2nd years of the course. He failed in Mathematics by securing only 30% marks in the 5th Semester. As per Regulation 4.3 – a student, in order to enter in the Engineering part of the programme must have passed all the subjects in I to V Semesters. Admittedly, the petitioner did not pass Mathematics subject in the 5th Semester. Therefore in the teeth of the said regulation the petitioner is not entitled to be promoted to 3rd year. The learned counsel for the petitioner however seeks to rely on the orders of the State Government issued in G.O.Ms.No.183, Higher Education (EC.2) Department, dated 17.09.2010 and submits that the petitioner being a physically handicapped is entitled for 10% of grace marks. The counsel therefore submits that if the said benefit is given to the petitioner, he would be eligible for promotion. The learned Government Pleader for General Administration appearing for the respondents, however, submits that the petitioner has secured only 20% marks in Mathematics and even if the G.O is applied he would secure only 30% marks. Thus the petitioner would still be not entitled for promotion. There does not appear any dispute that the petitioner secured only 20% marks. In the circumstances, since the petitioner does not qualify for promotion to the 3rd year in the light of Regulation 4.3, no relief can be granted to the petitioner in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. _________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J. 5th September, 2011. Js.