HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.9622 of 2011 Date: April 8, 2011 Between: B. Rajasekhar Reddy, S/o.B.Ramana Reddy, age: 21 years, Occ:Student, R/o.Village Kothapally Haveli, Karimnagar Mandal, Karimnagar District … Petitioner And The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, represented by its Registrar, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, and another … Respondents Order: Heard the learned counsel for petitioner and the learned standing counsel appearing for the first respondent-University. Petitioner, a student, has filed this writ petition seeking mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in detaining him in 2nd semester of II year B.Tech course as arbitrary and illegal and consequential direction to the respondents to permit him to appear for examinations of 2nd semester of II year. Petitioner claims to have attended classes regularly for 1st and 2nd semesters of I year and also 1st semester of II year. It is his case that as he was suffering from ‘enteric fever’, he could not attend 2nd semester classes of II year, regularly. He claims to have put in 44.10% attendance. His grievance is that though there is a genuine reason for his not attending classes regularly, respondents have detained him and not allowing him to appear for 2nd semester examinations of II year. Even according to the petitioner, he possesses only 44.10% and he states that he could not put in the requisite attendance owing to his ill-health. It is to be noted that as per the academic regulations, one has to put in 75% attendance and authorities are conferred with power to condone the shortage by 10%. After such condonation, requisite attendance needed comes to 65%. Even according to the petitioner, he had put in only 44.10% attendance, as against 65%. When academic regulations prescribe minimum attendance to be put in by a candidate, one has to meet such condition. The reason of ill-health assigned by the petitioner for his not attending classes regularly is no ground to interfere with the detention ordered by the respondents; as such, I do not find any illegality in the action of the respondents in detaining him and not allowing him to appear for examinations. Writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the admission stage. No order as to costs. ____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J April 8, 2011 MRR