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 : 8778 of 2009 Between: Husna Ferdose D/o. Mohd,. Habeebuddin R/o. H.No. 9-6-191/2, SGR Colony, Champapet, Hyderabad. .... PETITIONER AND 1 Jawarlal Nehru Technological University Rep. by its Vice Chancellor, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. 2 Bhoj Reddy Engineering College for Women Vinay Nagar, Saidabad, Hyderabad-500 059 Rep. by its Principal 3 Bhoj Reddy Engineering College for Women Vinay Nagar, Saidabad, Hyderabad-500 059 Rep. by its Secretary Cum Respondent ....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 an appropriate writ order or direction more particualrly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents herein more particularly the respondent No.3 herein in not receiving the examination fee with late fee and consequently not issuing the Hall Ticket to enable the Petitioner herein to appear for the B.Tech (IT) Final Year Examinations scheduled to be held on 25-4- 2009 as arbitrary, illegal, and violative of Principles of natural justice and without any powr of law and consequently direct the respondents herein more particularly the respondent No.2 herein to receive the examination fee with late fee and issue the Hall ticket to enable the petitioner to appear for B.Tech (IT) final year examinations and practical examinations and other connected examinations scheduled to be held on 25-4-2009 and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.SATYANARAYANA PULLURI Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.2& 3 : Mr.S.Lakshmi Narayana Reddy The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 8778 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 she 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