HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 10637 OF 2011. DATED 20th April, 2011 BETWEEN K.Baladurga Sridevi …Petitioner and Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Rep. by its Registrar, Anantapur and anr ….Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 10637 OF 2011. ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed aggrieved by the order dated 24.03.2011 passed by the second respondent whereby the petitioner was detained along with other students on the ground that he did not have requisite attendance during the academic year 2010-2011. A perusal of the aforementioned order shows that the petitioner has put in 59.30% attendance in aggregate. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that inasmuch as the petitioner had met with an accident on 14.2.2011 and sustained grievous injuries, he could not attend the college from 15.2.2011 to 5.3.2011. As per the academic regulations, 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%. Though, unfortunately in this case the petitioner met with an accident and suffered injuries, but in view of the academic regulations framed by the University itself, this Court cannot issue directions which run contrary to the academic regulations. In a similar matter, a Division Bench of this Court in the case of M.Sunil Chakravarthy Vs. Principal Sreekalahasteeswara {2005 (1) ALD 253} has clearly held that what is prohibited by regulations of the University cannot be the subject matter of mandamus. In that view of the matter, no direction can be issued to direct the respondents to allow the petitioner to write examinations. The Writ Petition is therefore dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ------------------------------------ -- JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Dated 20th April, 2011 Msnro