PRESS RELEASE

Hyderabad, 23rd April, 2015

The National Human Rights Commission, today, on the second day of its Camp Sitting at Hyderabad, took up the matter pertaining to death of 20 red sanders during the course of police action in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh on the 7th April, 2015. After hearing the submissions made by the representatives of the civil society and the State Government, the Commission has directed that in addition to its earlier order of the 13th April, 2015, mobile number of all the officials involved in the police action, medico-legal reports of the police personnel injured in the action are also to be submitted to the Commission. It has also decided to send its own team for inquiry at the spot.

Earlier, the Commission, on the first day, in its Open Hearing yesterday, heard 21, 22 and 18 matters respectively in the three Benches of its Members, Justice Shri Cyriac Joseph, Justice Shri D. Murugesan and Shri S.C. Sinha.

The intervention of the NHRC in the matters taken up for Open Hearing resulted in relief for many complainants. A husband who was ignoring his wife and mentally sick daughter was made to see reason. He promised to treat his wife well and to get the child treated at Bangalore. In another case where a woman SC complainant was not being appointed on compassionate ground after death of her husband, has been given appointment as Office Subordinate. In another case APSRTC bus services, which were withdrawn earlier, have been restored in a SC village after the intervention of the Commission.

The Commission also recommended compensation of Rs. 1 lakh to a victim of sexual harassment.

In another important case, the Commission has directed the State Government to hand over the possession of the land to the complainant who has not been handed over the possession since its allotment in the year 1999.

In another case the Commission has directed release of pension to an employee, retired from service on the 30th November, 2014 from the Collectorate, Nizamabad after fixation of his pay.

Many cases of land disputes were resolved after the intervention of the Commission where it directed to issue Pattadar passbooks to the allottees of land.

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