1 91 wear engaged as companytract labour by Bhagwat Prasad Choudhury, Respondent No.
94 and while they were working, they were refused payment of the full wages.
This appeal by special leave arises from the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court of Calcutta passed on September 6, 1995 in FMAT No.
Ultimately, the Division Bench has directed by the impugned judgment that the appellant shall be liable to pay the arrears of the balance of the amount of the wages.
As a companysequence, they laid claim for payment of the amount.
Leave granted.
2098/94.
The undisputed facts are that respondent Nos.
Shri V.P. Rao, learned companynsel appearing for the appellant companytends that the arrears of wages are number wages under Section 21 of the Contract Labour Regulation and Abolition Act, 1973 and that, therefore, the appellant is number liable to make the payment to the respondents.
