Cyriac Joseph, CJ (Oral)

1) This Writ Appeal is filed against the Judgment dated 27.2007 in Writ Petition No.11568/2007 which was dismissed by the learned Single Judge. The appellant is the petitioner in the Writ Petition and the respondents are the respondents in the Writ Petition.

2) The appellant was a student of Standard X in the K.L.E. Societys M.R. Sakhare English Medium School, Vidyanagar, Hubli during the academic year 2006-07. Since the appellant did not have the minimum attendance to appear in the SSLC examination commencing on 23.2007, he filed Writ Petition No. 4335/2007 -praying for a direction to the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) to issue Hall ticket to the petitioner for the SSLC examination to be conducted from 21-3-2007 or, in the alternative, to direct the Board to treat the petitioner as an external student and allow him to appear in the SSLC examination to be conducted from 21-3-2007. In view of the submission of the Government Advocate that if the petitioner files a proper representation enclosing relevant materials in support of his case to condone the deficiency of attendance, the Board will