Archive · 26 Aug 2026
87 Tirunelveli Government Offices Lack Women’s Safety Committees
A law says workplaces must have committees to handle complaints of sexual harassment against women.
In Tirunelveli district, 87 government offices do not have these committees.
Only 100 of the 187 offices were reported to have them.
The information came from an RTI request.
The committees received 16 complaints between 2020 and September 16, 2025.
The response did not explain what happened to those complaints.
Advocate Brahmma said women may feel unsafe reporting problems without a proper committee.
He asked the district administration to create and monitor committees in all its offices.
Internal complaints committees are absent in 87 of 187 government offices under the Tirunelveli district administration.
An RTI response said committees have been constituted in only 100 offices.
The committees received 16 sexual-harassment complaints between 2020 and September 16, 2025.
The RTI response did not provide department-wise details, actions taken or complaint outcomes.
RTI activist and advocate Brahmma urged the district administration to establish and monitor committees in every office.
- Who
- The Tirunelveli district administration, women employees, RTI activist and advocate Brahmma, and the district social welfare office are involved.
- What
- An RTI response found that 87 of 187 government offices lack internal complaints committees for sexual-harassment complaints.
- When
- The committees received 16 complaints between 2020 and September 16, 2025; the statutory requirement has been in force for more than 13 years.
- Where
- Government offices under the Tirunelveli district administration.
- Why
- The committees are required under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, to receive, investigate and address complaints.
- Offices reviewed
- 187 government offices under the Tirunelveli district administration
- Offices with committees
- 100
- Offices without committees
- 87
- Complaints recorded
- 16 sexual-harassment complaints
- Complaint period
- 2020 to September 16, 2025
- Information source
- RTI response from the public information officer, Tirunelveli district social welfare office
- Applicable law
- Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013