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TGSHRC recommends job regularisation & Rs 5 lakh relief in tribal hostel child death case

Hyderabad, Dec 12 (UNI) The Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TGSHRC) has held the Government Tribal Welfare Residential Hostel in Khammam and supervising Tribal Welfare officers responsible for the custodial death of 10-year-old Devath Joseph, citing “gross negligence” in their duties.
In a significant order issued on December 5, 2025, in HRC No. 4543/2021, Commission Chairperson Justice Shameem Akther noted the vulnerable circumstances of the child’s mother, who is deaf and mute, earns irregular wages, and is the sole caregiver for her daughter and elderly mother-in-law.
Considering her hardship, the Commission recommended that the Chief Secretary of Telangana regularise her services in the Last Grade category by relaxing the applicable rules. It also advised the government to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation, calling it a “just and humane measure” essential for upholding human dignity and basic rights.
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