Panki Thermal Station & Anr vs Vidyut Mazdoor Sangthan & Ors

The Supreme Court addressed the legality of the Labour Commissioner's order under Rule 25(2)(v)(a) of the U.P. Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1975, which mandated equal pay for equal work for 118 employees. The Court held that the Commissioner failed to adequately analyze the evidence regarding the nature of work performed by the employees compared to regular workers, thus rendering the order unsustainable. The Court upheld the Tribunal's award that justified the employer's refusal to regularize the employees' services, leading to the dismissal of the appellants' writ petition.