A review of the working of the KSHRC and the KSCW by Daksh, an initiative of a group of academics, entrepreneurs, lawyers and teachers and Accountability Initiative, a research initiative for governance accountability, revealed that both commissions were working with inadequate staff.
The files in KSHRC, for instance, are managed manually and there is no computerized system to retrieve information.
The review report identified a few problems that were common to both the organizations. The commissions have little or no operational autonomy as they have limited powers to appoint technical and administrative staff. They depend entirely on the state government to provide adequate staff and infrastructure.
"There is a significant presence of deputed staff members which undermines the independence of the commission," the report stated.
INADEQUATE STAFF
The SHRC had requested for 491 staff members, but the government has sanctioned only 105 members, a meagre 21% of the actual requirement, of which only 76 have been actually appointed. Of the 76 staff members, 51 were employed on contract basis and 25 were deputed staff from the police department.
The commission that is designated with the responsibility of protecting human rights in the state has only one inspector general of police, one superintendent of police, two head constables and two police constables. The report said investigations are delayed for this reason. The SHRC also suffers from a lack of good infrastructure.
NO ACTION TAKEN REPORT
Despite RTI queries by Daksh to obtain Action Taken Reports (ATR), these were not made available. The commission provided only the statistics on the number of cases filed and disposed of. There was no ATR made available to them.
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Quelle/Source: The Times of India, 17.04.2011
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