IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 19847 of 2004 Between: Kum. P. Snigdha, D/o. P. Sudheer Reddy, student, R/o. H.No. 11-3-5-936, Susheelwadi, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. 2 The Principal, Bhoj Reddy Engineering College for Women, Hyderabad. .....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 essentially in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction declaring the action of the respondents herein not allowing the petitioner to appear practical examinations of B.Tech 2nd year 1st Semester ECE Course which started from 27-10-2004 and the theory [mains] exams to be held from 08-11-2004 of B.Tech 2nd year 1st semester ECE Course as illegal, improper, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.RAJAGOPAL REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.C.K.RAO, Standing Counsel Counsel for the Respondent No.2: ---- The Court at the stage of admission made the following ORDER: In view of the law declared by this Court in K.PRADEEP v. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD AND OTHERS, necessarily, a candidate has to possess minimum attendance of 75% to make her eligible to appear at the examination. However, the University or the respective colleges can condone the attendance to a maximum extent of 10% only and beyond 65%, the University or the Colleges cannot condone the same. In view of the same, admittedly, the petitioner is not having required attendance to appear at the examination and even if 10% of attendance is condoned, the petitioner will not be eligible for appearing at the examination. Therefore, no relief can be granted to the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. 29th OCTOBER, 2004. kvni To 1 The Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. 2 The Principal, Bhoj Reddy Engineering College for Women, Hyderabad. 3 Two CD copies.