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 : 6173 of 2009 Between: 1 M.Shankar, S/o. M.Adinarayana, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 2 M.Obulpathi, S/o. Oabulesh, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 3 M.Sai Bani Prakash, S/o. Subramanyam C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 4 M.Sampath Kumar, S/o. Hempaiah, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 5 K.Ramesh, S/o. Hanumanthu C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 6 K. Nagi Reddy, S/o. K Nageshwar Reddy, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 7 S.Shashidar, S/o. naredhar, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 8 Kirpal Singh, S/o. Ashok Singh, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 9 P.Balbeer Singh, S/o. P. Amar Singh C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 10 K.Ramakrishna yadav, S/o. Mallaiah, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 11 D.Rama Rao, S/o. D.Yadaya, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 12 K.Manohar Reddy, S/o. K.Krishna Reddy, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 13 K.Narashima Rao, S/o. K.Appa Rao, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 14 Kedhar Nayak, S/o K.Laxman, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 15 N.Santhoosh S/o. N.Koteshwar Rao C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 16 Shaik Imran, S/o. Mahmood, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 17 P.Raja Mohan, S/o. Ashok Yadav, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 18 P.Rama Devi, S/o. mallaiah, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 19 N.Dilip Kumar, S/o. N.Prabhakar, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 20 K.Sunil Kumar, S/o. K.Pullaiah, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 21 M Sai Kumar, S/o. Jaganmohan, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 22 P.Venkateshwarlu, S/o. Bixapathi, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 23 K.Priya Darshini, D/o. K. Sudharshan, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 24 G.Santhosh Reddy, S/o. G.Rahi Reddy, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 25 G. Pavan Kumar, S/o. G.Devaya, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 26 C.Vamshidhar Reddy, S/o. Rahashekar Reddy, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 27 N.Sunil Kumar, S/o. Madhusudhan C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 28 D.Rama Murhti, S/o. DM Giri Rao, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 29 Vikaram S/o. Krishinaiah, C/o. R Subash Reddy, H.No.18-33/16, Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 30 Venugopal Chari, S/o. Sachidananda Chari, C/o. R.Subash Reddy, GH.No.18-33/16 Mac Towers, Jaweed Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad. 31 N.Chran Kumar, S/o. Prasada Rao, 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 Govrnment of A.P., 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 Business Management, (formerly Church P G College), Plot No.15, Amaravathi cooperative Society, Old Bowanpali, Secunderabad Rep by 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 or direction or writ particularly one in the nature of writ of MANDAMUS or any otehr appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondents in not permitting the petitioners herein to appear for the MBA Second Year First Semester Examinatins scheduled in Spetember/October, 2008 as illegal and arbitrary and cosequently direct the respondents to permit the petitioners herein to appear for the examinatin of MBA Second Year First Semester Scheduled in APRIL/May, 2009 and pass other order or orders in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.DEEPAK BHATTACHARJEE Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2& 3 : G. P for Education The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 6173 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/she 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