Finally I came up with the solution. This is what I wanted.
<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<asp:datalist id="dlstStatus" runat="server" repeatcolumns="0" cellspacing="0" RepeatDirection="Horizontal" RepeatLayout="Table" Font-Bold="true" BorderWidth="1px" BorderColor="Black" BorderStyle="Double"
ForeColor="White" BackColor="Gray">
<itemtemplate>
<td align="center">
<asp:label id="lblPA" runat="server" text="<%# Eval("PA_Type") %>"></asp:label></td>
<td><asp:dropdownlist runat="server" id="ddlStatus">
<asp:listitem selected="True" text="--Select--" value="Select" />
<asp:listitem text="X" value="X" />
<asp:listitem text="Y" value="Y" />
<asp:listitem text="Z" value="Z" />
</asp:dropdownlist>
</td>
</itemtemplate>
</asp:datalist></tr>
</table>