HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 and a copy of the recommendation was forwarded to the IGP for necessary action. ▪ Assault by a traffic HRC/889/14/I-23) police officer (Complaint No. In this case, the Commission concluded that the rights of the victim under article 11 of the Constitution has been violated and directed the respondent police officer to pay Rs.20,000 as compensation to the victim. Despite the lack of evidence of eye-witnesses, the victim’s account of the incident of assault by the traffic police officer in response to her refusal to produce her drivers’ license to the police was consistent with the medical evidence of a ruptured ear drum. The Recommendation was forwarded to the IGP to initiate disciplinary action against the respondent. 3.2.2. Equality and Non-discrimination (Article 12 of the Constitution) ▪ Unequal treatment meted out to employees of the Department of Agriculture after absorption by the Ministry of Agriculture (Complaint No. HRC/3646/16) The Commission directed the Respondents to award the relief sought by the petitioners i.e. payment of gratuity, correction of salary anomalies, allowance for duty-free vehicles, and implementing the scheme of promotions approved by the Director General of Establishments in 1994, the cabinet decision of 29.04.2015, and recommended by the Public Petitions Committee in relation to the petitioners who were originally recruited by the Agricultural Development Authority which was later absorbed into the Ministry of Agriculture. The Commission in this instance found a violation of Article 12(1) of the Constitution by the Ministry of Agriculture in relation to the petitioners. ▪ Inaction of the police in not responding to a complaint of kidnap and physical assault (Complaint No. HRC/1097/11) 49