PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 4 -- The Allahabad high court has held that a candidate placed on a waiting list has no absolute right to appointment and that a waiting list cannot be in existence for an indefinite period. Dismissing a writ petition filed by Nitish Maurya and four others, Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed, "It is well settled that a person in waiting list has no absolute right for consideration to get appointed as well as that a waiting list cannot remain in existence for unlimited period or a particular selection process cannot remain pending for unlimited period." The petitioners had participated in the selection process for assistant teacher (LT grade) post in privately managed, recognised and aided higher secondary schools in the state through advertisement issued by Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Service Selection Board, Prayagraj. Initially, the petitioners did not appear either on the merit list or on the waiting list. P2...