NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION issued show cause notice under Section 18 of the PHRA, 1993 to the Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi, and subsequent reminder letter dated 16.09.2015 was also issued. However, no response was received. 4.98 From the perusal of available records, it appeared that there was a failure on the part of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan to take care of the students and escort teachers in the National Sports Event. The travel plan was not properly arranged and 05 students & escort teacher of Gurugram Region; 82 students & escort teachers of Rajokari Cluster and 39 students & escort teachers of Hissar Cluster, (in total 126 students & escort teachers) had suffered during travel to/from National Meet organized by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan at Ahmedabad. It had also been admitted by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan that there was dereliction of duty on part of contingent leader, who did not perform the duties as expected and it was proposed to take action against the Contingent Leader of Gurugram Region for dereliction of duty. Hence, due to dereliction of duty on the part of State Agencies, human rights of 126 students & escort teachers have been violated. The Commission took a serious note of such human rights violations. 4.99 The Commission, therefore, recommended that an interim relief of monetary compensation of ` 5,000/- each shall be granted to: 05 students & escort teacher of Gurugram Region; 82 students & escort teachers of Rajokari Cluster and 39 students & escort teachers of Hissar Cluster, (in total 126 students & escort teachers) who were victimized in the episode; under Section 18 of the PHRA, 1993, by the Government of India. 4.100 The compliance report has been received and the case has been closed. 19. Delay in Processing of Mercy Petitions of Four Death Row Convicts Lodged in District Jail, Bhagalpur, Bihar (Case No.684/4/5/2014) 4.101 Shri Suhas Chakma, Director, Asian Centre for Human Rights vide his complaint dated 06.02.2014 brought to the notice the failure of prison authorities to process the mercy petitions filed by the four death row convicts, Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Bir Kuer Paswan and Dharmendra Singh alias Dharu Singh who were lodged in District Jail, Bhagalpur. According to the complainant, the Prison authorities claimed that they had forwarded the mercy petitions to the President of India on 03.03.2003 but the list of “mercy petition cases since 1981” received by the President of India, as provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs, did not show the names of Krishna Mochi and others, which clearly indicated that their petitions had been lost. The Complainant also drew attention of the Commission to the landmark judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the case of Shatrughan Chauhan and another Vs. Union of India 62 ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017