The Commission held the UP government accountable for failure of obligation and asked it to give monetary relief to 11 families which lost their bread earners in an explosion which took place in a cracker factory in Saharanpur on October 18, 2004. The Commission in its order said since the concerned authorities or the employers were negligent in preventing the violation of human rights of the workers and they did not even deposit the compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, the State becomes more liable. The Commission also said that the District Magistrate as well as the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation appeared to have forgotten the obligation to protect the Workmen and give relief to their families. They left the workers at the mercy of the employer.
The explosion in the cracker factory at Rakesh Cinema Road, Saharanpur, was brought to the Commission's notice by Shri Jitendra Singh, Convenor, Campaign Against Child Labour.