The applications were received in connection with three killings in Anantnag town, five each in Srinagar district and north Kashmir's Baramulla district, the sources said.
The judicial commission, probing 17 civilian killings allegedly by security forces at the outset of the ongoing unrest in the valley, has received 13 applications from the bereaved families so far.
"We have received applications in 13 cases while there has been no response in four other cases so far," sources in the judicial commission said.
The applications were received in connection with three killings in Anantnag town, five each in Srinagar district and north Kashmir's Baramulla district, the sources said.
They said the records including the affidavits submitted by the eyewitnesses and next of kin of the deceased will be consolidated in the commission's head office in Srinagar tomorrow.
The sources said the commission went out of its way to write letters to the families of the deceased persons for filing applications in view of the prevailing circumstances in the valley.
"Although sub-offices were set up in Anantnag and Baramulla towns to facilitate the presence of the complainants and eyewitnesses, frequent shutdowns and curfews necessitated that the commission reaches out to them," they said.
The state government appointed the judicial commission headed by State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chairperson Justice (retd) Justice Bashiruddin Ahmad with Justice, (retd) YP Nargotra as member, on July 27 to probe 17 civilian killings from June 11 to July 19.
The commission issued a notification on August 31, seeking information on affidavits from the eyewitnesses within 15 days.
However, the date for filing the affidavits was extended by a month after no one turned up at the expiry of the first deadline.
The commission has to submit its report within three months and its term expires on October 26.
Although 106 persons have been killed in the valley since the fresh wave of turmoil swept Kashmir on June 11 with the killing of 17-year-old Tufail Ahamd Mattoo at Rajouri Kadal, the commission has been mandated to investigate only 17 cases which took place till July 19.
The terms of reference of the commission include to enquire into the circumstances leading to deaths by firing or otherwise into the 17 incidents, fixing responsibility wherever excessive force has been used resulting in fatalities, suggest measures to avert the recurrence of such incidents in future, recommend the action to be taken against the persons or authorities found responsible in any such incident.
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