DILIP KUMAR . vs STATE OF BIHAR . — C.A. No. 2542/2002

Case Summary: C.A. No. 2542/2002 - Dilip Kumar v. State of Bihar On March 4, 2003, the Supreme Court disposed of these appeals challenging inconsistent High Court judgments regarding terminated employees. The Court granted the appellants the same relief as similarly-placed employees in an earlier High Court judgment: the State must provide a hearing within 6 months (extended from 4 months), after which employees must be reinstated if authorities decide to absorb them, or automatically reinstated upon expiry without back wages. The appellants were directed to furnish addresses to Bihar's Science and Technology Department within four weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.