J U D G M E N T

Amendment allowed.

Petitioner is a B.Tech student in the 4th respondent college. In this writ petition what is under challenge is Ext.P8.

2. While undergoing the course in the 7th semester, petitioner had attendance shortage of 9 days from the minimum required 75%. He submitted Ext.P3 application for condonation enclosing Ext.P4 medical certificate. In this writ petition, what he initially sought was a direction to consider his application. The application is now rejected by Ext.P8 order and the reason stated is that the candidate had already availed condonation twice during the course and therefore, no more condonation is permissible.

3. In my view the reason stated in Ext.P8 is unassailable for the reason that the provisions of the Examination Manual framed by the University does not support the claim made by the petitioner. On the other hand, the provisions dealing with condonation of shortage of attendance incorporated in the Examination Manual framed by the University specifically provide that condonation of shortage of attendance shall not be granted for more than one academic year for any course of study or for shortage exceeding 20 days in an academic year. Thus