The Hon’ble Sri Justice R.Subhash Reddy Writ Petition No.24085 of 2009 Order: This Writ Petition is taken up in view of letter, dated 02-11-2009, addressed by the Secretary, A.P.High Court Legal Services Committee, Hyderabad, stating that he received a petition from the petitioner, who is a student of Law at PG College of Law, Osmania University. As per the contents of the letter addressed by the petitioner, his grievance is that he was detained illegally in the second year of 5- year Law Degree Course. In response to the Notice issued by this Court, the first respondent-Registrar of Osmania University has filed counter-affidavit denying the various allegations made by the petitioner in the letter addressed by him to the Secretary, A.P.High Court Legal Services Committee. In the counter-affidavit, it is stated that as per the academic regulations, the number of backlogs, if any, of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4t h semester taken together should not exceed four and the petitioner has totally five backlog papers and therefore, he was detained in the second year of 5-year Law Degree Course. From the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, it is evident that the petitioner did not fulfill the criteria, notified in the academic regulations, for promotion to the third year of 5-year Law Degree Course. In that view of the matter, the petitioner was rightly detained in the second year of 5-year Law Degree Course. Therefore, I do not find any merit in this Writ Petition and the same is, accordingly, dismissed. No order as to costs. _________________ R.Subhash Reddy, J Dated 8th December, 2009 lur