IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 24014 of 2006 Dated 17th November, 2006 Between V.Kranthikumar Reddy …..Petitioner and JNTU, Hyderabad, rep. By its Registrar and anr. ….Respondents. THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 24014 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioner, a student of III year B.Tech, has filed this Writ Petition seeking Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not issuing hall-ticket and not permitting him to write III year first semester examinations as illegal and arbitrary. It is stated that though the petitioner is pursuing the course promptly, as he met with accident on 5-10-2006, he could not attend the college for certain period, and, as such, he did not put up required percentage of attendance. As per the academic regulations framed by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, a minimum attendance of 75% is required to acquire the eligibility to write examinations. However, the Academic Committee can condone the shortage of attendance in aggregate upto 10%. Therefore, even to seek condonation of shortage in attendance, one must have put in the attendance of not below 65%. In a similar matter, a Division Bench of this Court in the case of M.Sunil Chakravarthy Vs. Principal Sreekalahasteeswara[1] has considered this aspect and held that no direction by way of Mandamus can be issued contrary to the regulations framed by the University to condone the shortage of attendance, in case a candidate puts in less than 65% of attendance, and, permit him/her to write examinations. In that view of the matter, as the petitioner has put in less than 65% attendance, I do not find any valid ground for issuance of directions as sought for. The Writ Petition is devoid of merits and is accordingly dismissed at the admission stage. No order as to costs. --------------------------------------- JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY DATE: 17-11-2006. Msnr. [1] 2005(1)ALD 253 (DB)