STATE OF BIHAR vs SHYAM YADAV .

The Supreme Court addressed the entitlement of Class III and Class IV employees, retrenched after the 1991 census operations in Bihar, to seek absorption in government service. The Court upheld the Patna High Court's directive for the State Government to consider these employees for absorption against existing vacancies, emphasizing that such consideration must adhere to the inter se seniority of the retrenched employees. The judgment reinforces the principle that retrenched employees have a legitimate expectation for absorption in government service under the provisions of The Census Act, 1948.