STATE OF GOA vs YVETTE PEREIRA A.E. COSTA

The Supreme Court addressed the definition of 'absorbed employees' under Section 2(a) of the Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees) Act, 1965, determining that the respondents, appointed post-December 20, 1961, were entitled to pay scales established by the Portuguese administration. The Court upheld the High Court's ruling that the respondents were absorbed employees and thus entitled to the prescribed pay scales, rejecting the government's cancellation of the earlier order. The judgment reinforces the legal status of employees absorbed under the Act and their entitlement to pay scales as per the original decree.