Annual Report 2013-14 4.261 Under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, which does not apply in this case, but gives a yardstick for reasonable compensation in situations like this, the multiplier laid down for victims below the age of 16 is 228.54. Even assuming that this young boy would have been in a sector of work that would have fetched him minimum wages, which the Commission understands are around ` 200/- a day in Uttarakhand, the compensation to which he would be entitled under the Act for a permanent disability is ` 13,71,240/-. 4.262 The Commission recommended that the Government of Uttarakhand pay an additional sum of ` 10,00,000/- to Sandeep Panwar. Since the victim was minor, the Commission directed that the money should be put into a fixed deposit in his name, with his parents authorized to draw on the interest for his upkeep. The principal, alongwith any interest in the account, would be transferred to him when he becomes an adult. 4.263 In response, the Uttarakhand Power Corporation sent a demand draft of Rupees Ten lakhs, in favour of the National Human Rights Commission, with certain objections on the quantum of compensation. 4.264 The Commission considered the objections, raised by the Uttarakhand Power Corporation and observed that it hoped the Corporation would understand the difference between the cases referred to by it and the present case. 4.265 The Commission further directed that demand draft of Rupees Ten lakhs, in favour of the Commission, sent by the Corporation, be returned to it so that another demand draft of the said amount can be issued in favour of the victim and be delivered to him. Uttarakhand Power Corporation, Dehradun has challenged the recommendation of the Commission in the Hon’ble High Court of Uttarakhand and the matter is under consideration of the Court. 29. Loss of Limb of a Person Illegally Engaged For Repair Work by Officials of Dakshinanchal Electricity Distribution Corporation Limited, Uttar Pradesh (Case No. 41224/24/1/2012) 4.266 The Commission received a complaint from Smt. Pushpa Devi alleging that on 19 October 2012, Pramod and Sher Singh, employees of the UP Electricity Department, Atmadpur, called her son Aman to do a job work for them. Shortly thereafter, she learnt that her son had been admitted to a hospital, having suffered serious burn injuries due to electrocution. She submitted that her son told that he had been asked by those two men to repair a fault in a transformer and he received an electric shock while working on the transformer. Because of the seriousness of her son’s injuries, the complainant shifted her son to a better hospital, for which she had to take a loan. During the treatment, hands of complainant’s son had to be amputated. 4.267 In response to Commission’s notice, the Superintendent of Police (Rural), District Agra, informed that an FIR no. 273/13 u/s 279/337/338 IPC was registered against Sher Singh and Pramod. 74 | NHRC