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"Directing the respondent authorities to declare result for the post of Supervisor - Instructor (Beauty Culture and Hair Dresses Group) pursuant to the C/LPA/915/2021 ORDER DATED: 26/10/2021 advertisement No.178/2018-2019 of written as well as computer proficiency test conducted by respondent No.2 and further be pleased to direct the respondent authorities to complete the process of recruitment pursuant to the aforesaid advertisement and post on the basis of prevailing Recruitment Rules on the date of issuance of advertisement."

3.3 It could be noticed from the prayer clause reproduced above that the petitioners wanted the authorities to declare the result for the post of Supervisor- Instructor (Beauty Culture and Hair Dresses Group) pursuant to the advertisement of written as well as computer proficiency test which was not declared, further prayer was to complete the process of recruitment under the prevalent Rules. The prayer rested there. It is to be noted that the petitioners were not given any appointment, even the result of the computer proficiency test and the written test were not declared. The stage which obtained in the process of recruitment was only the publication of list of candidates qualified for computer proficiency test. It is at this stage that the decision to cancel the process was taken. In any case, the authorities decided to drop the recruitment process.

4.2 In Sandeep Singh (supra) the Supreme Court was concerned with the number of post to be filled in light of the vacancies available. It was held that the vacancies available up to the date of interview should be filled up. The facts of this case also stands completely diversed from the issue involved in the controversy.

5. It is trite position of law that candidate does not acquire any right until he is actually appointed. Even the placement in the select list or wait list will not result into any enforceable right to be appointed. Here the process of recruitment was cancelled for the reasons which the authorities deemed appropriate to act upon. The employer is the master of conducting the recruitment process. It is entirely his discretion if for some reason, the process is to be stopped. We find in this case that for valid reasons the process of recruitment came to be discontinued at the stage obtained above when only the list of candidates qualified for computer proficiency test was notified.