Job and Admission: If a candidate is included in the waiting list for a job or admission entrance exam, it does not mean that they will be guaranteed a job for the same position in the future. The Supreme Court has clarified that being on the waiting list does not automatically confer any right. A candidate will only be considered for the job if the primary selected candidate does not assume the position.

According to a Times of India report, the Calcutta High Court had previously directed Prasar Bharati to appoint a technician who was at the top of the waiting list in the upcoming recruitment drive. The court issued this order because the broadcaster had assured him of a job if a vacancy arose in the future.

Waiting list candidates cannot claim employment.

However, the Supreme Court has now overturned this order. A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar stated that the waiting list is limited only to the recruitment process for which the candidate applied and cannot be automatically applied to the next recruitment process. The bench stated that a candidate on the waiting list can only remain under consideration until the selected candidate assumes office. After that, they have no rights.

The purpose of the waiting list is not to guarantee recruitment.
The Supreme Court also clarified that a candidate does not have the right to demand that they be appointed to any new vacancy that arises in the future. The purpose of the waiting list is only to provide an option for recruitment in the current recruitment process, not to guarantee any future recruitment.

The Supreme Court upheld the Patla High Court's decision.
The court stated that the High Court had ignored the important fact that the waiting list had ended after the available vacancies were filled in 1997 and the recruitment process was complete. Therefore, the High Court's order that the technician be recruited was not correct.

The bench also clarified that any assurance or statement has seriousness, but if its implementation violates a statutory rule or law, the affected party can rightfully approach the court.

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