SUPREME COURT
Ms. Shobha Dikshit, ACJ, Mr. J.C. Batra, ACJ
U. P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Board and Another v. Uttar Pradesh Vidyut Mazdoor Sangh
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| 1. facts regarding the wage disparity between contract and permanent workers. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. position of the labour commissioner on pay equality. (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. equal pay mandates outlined in relevant rules. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 4. evaluation of work similarity between contract and permanent employees. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 5. court's ruling against prior decisions, calling for thorough reconsideration. (Para 14 , 15 , 16) |
1. This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment dated August 3, 1999 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad whereby special appeal preferred by the present appellants against the judgment and order dated May 14, 1999 passed by the Single Judge has been dismissed. The Single Judge dismissed the writ petition preferred by the present appellants challenging the order dated October 24, 1998 passed by the Labour Commissioner, U.P.
2. Uttar Pradesh Vidyut Mazdoor Sangh (first respondent--hereinafter referred to as `Union',) made an application under Rule 25(2)(v)(a) of the Uttar Pradesh Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1975, (`Rules, 1975', for short) before the Labour Commissioner, Kanpur praying therein that
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