NHRC, India vii. Subsequently, the Sr. Administrative Officer, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, informed that monetary relief as recommended by the Commission was paid to the victim, and the case was closed on 18.06.2021. Seventygirls of a residential school in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, stripped off by the warden to check, who had spoiled the bathroom with menstrual blood. 3. (Case No. 10587/24/57/2017-WC) i. The Commission received a complaint on 03.04.2017 froma human rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy, regarding 70 girls of a residentialschool being subjected to an undignified and inhuman circumstance of being stripped and checked for menstrual blood by the warden in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The girls claimed that they were made to sit naked in the classroom during the search. ii. In response to the Commission’s directions, requisite reports were received from the District Magistrate vide his order dated 31.03.2017, which revealed that the services of the Warden was terminated with immediate effect, and an FIR was registered at Police Station Khatauli on 31.03.2017 against her. During the investigation, allegations leveled against the accused were substantiated and a charge sheet was filed before the Court. iii. On the perusal of the reports, it was observed by the Commission that the allegations against the warden were substantiated during the investigation. As a result, a charge sheet was filed against the warden. As per the reports, it was clear that the warden had stripped off 70 schoolgirls to checkfor menstrual blood, and the Commission determined that this was a clear case of physical torture and negligence on the part of the authorities concerned to ensure the safety and security of the girls. Furthermore, it was also observed that several girls had left the school after the incident, which was another facet of the violation of human rights. Hence, the Commission issued a Show Cause Notice to the concerned State through its Chief Secretary as to why monetary compensation of Rs. 25,000/- should not be recommended to each of the victim girls. iv. In response, the Special Secretary, Department of Elementary Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh, vide his reportdated 04.07.2018,stated that the services of the warden, whowas found guilty of stripping naked 70 girl students, had already beendismissed. It was also pleadedthat no fund was allocated by the Human Resources Development Ministry, Government of India, New Delhi, for payment of monetary compensation of Rs.25,000/- per girl (i.e., Rs.17,50,000/-), therefore, the compensation amount cannot be paid. v. The Commission examined the report and considered the inability of the State Government to provide interim relief to the students, stating the ground that the school,rununder the instructions of the Central Government and Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India,wasnot provided anyrelief by the concerned Department. However, there was nothing on record to show that the State Government had taken up the matter with the Department/Ministry of HRD, Government of India, on the issue of payment of ANNUAL REPORT 106 2021-22