It was only after the country's apex human rights watchdog issued bailable warrants against the state's chief secretary in all three cases last month that the government swung into action and paid monetary relief to the deceased's kin.
"We regret that we had to take the extreme and exceptional measure of issuing a warrant to persuade the government to accept and discharge an obligation that an administration committed to good governance and the rule of law should have embraced without the need for persuasion or repeated reminders," the commission headed by former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said.
The commission sources said they were assured by the government during a visit to the state by its members that it would act on their recommendations as all three cases were dragging on for anywhere between five and six years.
In the two alleged fake encounter cases, the commission had concluded that police version of events was not true and "grave violations of human rights" were committed.
The third case related to the "suicide" of an arrested person in police custody.