National Human Right Commission for remedial measures. In all, 24,622 cases were transferred to the State Human Rights Commissions for disposal in accordance with the provisions of the PHRA. For details of State and Union Territory-wise cases disposed of by the NHRC during 2015-2016, see Annexure-2. At the end of the reporting period, that is, on 31 March 2016, the total number of cases pending with the Commission was 40,766. These covered 2,001 cases awaiting preliminary consideration and 38,765 cases pending either for want of reports from the authorities concerned or the reports received being pending for consideration by the Commission Chapter - 2 while 15,975 were disposed of with directions to the appropriate authorities (Annexure-3). 2.23 The Graph below gives a comparative analysis of total number of cases registered in the NHRC from 2012-2013 to 2015-2016: Total Number of Cases Registered (2013-2014 to 2015-2016) Annual Report - 2015-2016 13