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 : 10602 of 2009 Between: V.Karthik Reddy S/o. Narender Reddy R/o. H.No. 6-6-229, Ravindra Nagar Nalgonda Town, Nalgonda District. .... PETITIONER AND 1 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Rep. by its Registrar, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. 2 Swami Ramanda Tirtha Institute of Science & Technology Rep. by its Principal, Ramananda Nagar, Post : SLBC Nalgonda ....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 order or direction, more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in not receiving the Examination Fee from the Petitioner for 1st year B.Tech examinations for the academic year 2008-2009 and not permitting the Petitioner to attend for the said examinations as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural of natural justice ad consequently direct the Responmdents to permit the Petitioner to appear for the 1st year B.Tech Examinations for the academic year 200- 8-2009, by recieving the required Examination fee and pass such other order or orders as the Hon’ble Court may deems fit and proper in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.A.RAJASEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 10602 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 he 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