THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.10851 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner is a student of B.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) course in respondent No.2 College. On 22.04.2010, the petitioner paid the necessary examination fee to appear for II Year II Semester B.Tech. examinations. However, respondent No.2 vide letter, dated 29.04.2010, intimated the petitioner that as he has secured only 54.20% of attendance at the end of II semester in II year B.Tech., therefore, he is ineligible to appear for B.Tech. II Year II semester examinations. In the present Writ Petition, the petitioner has challenged the aforementioned order, dated 29.04.2010, vide which he has been restrained from appearing II Year II Semester B.Tech. examinations. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as the petitioner has fallen ill, there is short fall of attendance and that the respondents ought to have taken into consideration the illness of the petitioner before restraining him to appear for the aforementioned examinations. Heard learned counsel for respondent No.1. Learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2, however, submits that as the petitioner has secured only 54.20% of attendance, he is not entitled to appear for the aforementioned examinations. Learned counsel further submits that when a student has not attended the classes on account of certain illness, only 10% of the shortage of attendance can be condoned and that if 10% of shortage of attendance is condoned on account of illness, still the petitioner has shortage of requisite minimum percentage of attendance i.e., 65% to appear for the aforementioned examinations. Learned counsel for respondent No.2 placed reliance on a Division Bench decision of this Court in B. Yugandhar v. Principal, Kuppam Engineering College, Kuppam, Chitttoor District[1], wherein it is held that the action of the Principal in declining to entertain the candidature of a student to appear for examinations on account of shortage of attendance cannot be interfered with and no directions can be issued to the University to violate the mandate of Academic Regulations on the plea of sympathy. In view of the foregoing discussion, there is no merit in this Writ Petition and the same is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________________ JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA June 20, 2011 MD IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.10851 OF 2010 Between: S. Rasool Subhani .....PETITIONER AND Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and another ....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.10851 OF 2010 June 20, 2011 [1] 2008 (2) ALT 529 (D.B.)