NHRC, India CHAPTER - 4 ADMINISTRATION AND BUDGET A. Staff and specialised divisions 4.1 As on 31.03.2022, 245 employees were in position against the total sanctioned strength of 355 consisting of various ranks. Over the years, NHRC has taken recourse through various methods with regard to selection of personnel for developing and building a cadre of its own. These methods include direct recruitment, re-employment, deputation, contractual appointments and outsourcing. 4.2 There are five Divisions in the Commission. These are: (i) Law Division, (ii) Investigation Division, (iii) Policy Research, Projects and Programmes Division, (iv) Training Division, and (v) 4.3 Administration Division. Law Division: The Law Division is headed by a Registrar (Law), who is assisted by Presenting Officers, a Joint Registrar, a number of Deputy Registrars, Assistant Registrars, Section Officers and other secretarial staff. 4.3.1 Basically, the Law Division facilitates discharge of one of the important functions by the Commission under Section 12 (a) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, viz., inquiring into complaints of alleged violations of human rights. It has been serving as the Registry of the Commission. It receives, scrutinises and registers complaints from the victims or others on behalf of the victims or intimations from the authorities about custodial deaths, custodial rapes, deaths in encounters or action by police/paramilitary forces or defence forces, references from the Courts. It further processes these complaints/matters by placing them before the Commission for orders/proceedings and ensures that necessary follow-up action is taken pursuant to the Commission’s orders. It also organises Camp Sittings, Open Hearings of the Commission, in various parts of the country, to enable the Commission to render justice to the victims at their doorsteps. The Law Division also provides comments and advice on draft legislations referred to the Commission, questionnaires received from OHCHR, and other international organisations,and also facilitates the Commission to make interventions in the Court Proceedings, or to respond in the Cases filed against the ANNUAL REPORT 28 2021-22