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 : 6465 of 2009 Between: 1 Jaipal Reddy, S/o. Sanjeev Reddy, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 2 B. Sudhakar, S/o. Veerabhadraya, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 3 C. Venakateshwarlu, S/o. Satyanarayana, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 4 K. Peddi Raju, S/o. Adinarayana, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 5 A. Sudhakar, S/o. Devaiah, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 6 D. Kiran Babu, S/o. Raju, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 7 G. Venkat Ramana, S/o. Narayana, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 8 K. Polaiah, S/o. Baswaiah, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 9 L. Ramesh Naidu, S/o. peddarangaiah, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 10 S. Vejay Sarathi, S/o. Selvarajal, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 11 B. Abhilash, S/o. Guruvaiah, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 12 A. Naresh, S/o. A. Prakasham, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 13 M. Arunkumar Reddy, S/o. M. Laxminarayan Reddy, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 14 S. Vinay KUmar, S/o. S. Narasimha Rao, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 15 R. Piteshwarwar Rao, S/o. Vishnumurthy, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 16 P. Venaktesham, S/o.Mallaiah, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 17 D. Srinivas, S/o. Sa MCA Siva Rao, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 18 C. Chandramouli, S/o. Pocham, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 19 A. Vinod Reddy, S/o. Subba Reddy, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 20 C. Venkata Rami Reddy, S/o. Ramana Reddy, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 21 B. Muralidhar , S/o. Ramana, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 22 P. Suman, S/o. P. Muralidhar C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 23 P. Ratnaji, S/o. Nageswara Rao, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 24 Nazirudin, S/o. Quzubudin, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 25 R. Mahendhar Yadav, S/o. Rajana, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 26 B. Maruthi, S/o. Satyanarayana, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 27 P. Ramakrishna, S/o. Suryanarayana, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 28 M. Kishan Reddy, S/o. Narasimha Reddy, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 29 D Pratap, S/o. Sudhakar, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 30 L. Naresh Kumar, S/o. Narahari, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 31 S. Hanmanth Reddy, S/o. Rajagopal Reddy, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 32 M. Ravi, S/o. Dharmaiah, C/o. R. Subash Reddy, H.No. 18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Osmania University, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Registrar. 2 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Commissioner, Technical Education,5th Floor, B.R.K. Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 3 A.P. State Council of Higher Education, Secretariat, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Secretary. 4 Mrs. Arora School of Computer Science and Research (Formerly Church P G College) Plot No.15, Amarvathi Cooperative Society, Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad. Rep.b y its Director. ....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 an order direction or Writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of MANDAMUS or any other appropraite Writ declaring the action of the respondents in not permitting the petitioners herein to appear for the MCA Second Year First Semester Examinations scheduled in September/ October 2008 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to permit the petitioners herein to appear for the examination of MCA Second Year First Semester scheduled in April/May,2009 and pass other order or orders in the interests of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.DEEPAK BHATTACHARJEE Counsel for the Respondent No.2 : G. P for Education Counsel for the Respondent No.3 : Mr.C.Sudhesh Anand SC for APSCHE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 6465 of 2009 ORDER: Heard both sides. The petitioners herein are students of Engineering Course. This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the action of the respondents in not permitting them to appear for the examinations on the ground of shortage of attendance in the particular semester. Admittedly, the petitioners 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 petitioners 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