static int result=1; // you would better make spaces near equal sign, like static int result = 1;
static int a(int t,int y)  // you would better give sensible names to variables and again make spaces like static int a(int t, int y) {
  return result; //it will return result and NEVER execute code below, it will ALWAYS return 1
  int ctr=1;  // it should be 0, because you are missing one power, missing spaces
  while (ctr!=y) { // you would better use for loop but it's ok, missing spaces
    result = result * t;
    ++ctr;
  }
  // here should be return result;
}