HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8458 of 2011 Date: 29.03.2011 Between : Ch. Mallesh. …….Petitioner And The Registrar, J.N.T.U., Kukatpally & another. ….Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8458 of 2011 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions by way of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents in not considering his injury while calculating the percentage of attendance required for the purpose of appearing for the II Semester examinations of II year B.Pharmacy course, as illegal and arbitrary. Petitioner is a student of P.Pharmacy, studying in the 2nd respondent-college. When the matter is taken up, it is fairly submitted by the learned counsel for petitioner that the petitioner has put in only 56.64% of attendance, as against the required attendance of 75% as per the academic regulations. However, it is the case of the petitioner that as he has suffered injury in the college sports, for bonafide reasons, he has not attended the college, and as such, there is no reason for not allowing him to write the examinations. It is not in dispute that as per the academic regulations framed by the University, a student has to put in a minimum of 75% of attendance and there is provision to relax it only by 10%, may be for justifiable reasons, but the fact remains that the petitioner is having only 56.64% of attendance. When there is no provision for relaxation in the regulations, and the minimum side is 65%, there is no reason to allow the petitioner to attend the examinations. It is also to be noticed that for making such regulations, there is an object that the students have to attend minimum number of classes before writing the examinations. In that view of the matter, I do not find any ground for grant of directions as prayed for, as the same will run contrary to the academic regulations framed by the University. For the aforesaid reasons, the writ petition is devoid of merit and it is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. No costs. _____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 29th March 2011 ajr