Application for appointment–Advertisement–Appearance in test & interview–Departmental recruitment committee-Issuance of–Offer letter–Withdrawal of appointment letter–Appeals–Time- barred–Fake appointment letter–It was clearly demonstrating that recruitment process was not initiated and completed in spur of moment but was conducted in different phases and segments– After conducting written test and interviews, Departmental Recruitment Committee recommended respondents for appointments against vacant posts–Record articulates that the drastic action of withdrawing appointments letters and terminating service was carried out without issuing any show-cause notice and without affording any opportunity of hearing to the terminated employees–Their appointment was recommended by DRC of five members where each case was considered diligently, and after a burdensome exercise, names were recommended by DRC–It could not be construed that respondents were appointed without fulfilling codal formalities–Rather, on their appointments with due process, some vested rights have been created in their favour which could not have been withdrawn in a perfunctory manner-