WEST BENGAL POWER DEV. CORPN.LTD.. vs ASHISH DEY CHOWDHURI . — C.A. No. 2863/2006

Summary of Civil Appeal No. 2863 of 2006 On 21 April 2010, the Supreme Court allowed West Bengal Power Development Corporation's appeal against the High Court of Calcutta's judgment. The Court set aside the High Court's direction requiring payment of minimum wages to contract workers at regular employee rates, finding that the factual question of whether work was perennial required evidence beyond writ jurisdiction. The Court permitted respondents to approach authorities under the Contract Labour Act, 1970, directing expeditious adjudication according to law, with no costs awarded. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.