Rohtak, Aug. 19 -- Taking a suo motu cognizance after a contractual class 4 employee, working in the public health department here, was denied salary in the post-Covid period due to his Aadhar card details showing him "dead", the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has directed the Rohtak additional deputy commissioner and commissioner and secretary to citizen resources information department (CRID), Haryana, to submit a report within four weeks. The commission also directed the engineer-in-chief of the Haryana public health engineering department, the superintending engineer and the executive engineer of the department's Rohtak unit to submit a detailed report on the steps taken to correct the complainant's status in official records, including Aadhaar card. It also sought details on the measures taken to ensure prompt disbursement of all pending salary dues and departmental accountability for the delay and hardships caused to Vijay Kumar of Rohtak, the class 4 employee. The next hearing has been scheduled for September 23. The public health department authorities are said to have failed to update his record on the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam limited (HKRNL) portal. The panel observed that the inaction directly resulted in the prolonged non-payment of salary, causing undue financial strain and emotional distress to the complainant and his family. Haryana rights panel chairperson Justice Lalit Batra and two other panel members found that non-payment of salary for work done constitutes a violation of the complainant's human rights, particularly the right to livelihood and dignity, as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution and reaffirmed in International Human Rights instruments....