Informant's claim for final/enhanced reward under informant reward Guidelines; prescribed Committee must decide by reasoned order within six months

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....The Guidelines for Grant of Rewards to Informants, 2007 permit payment of an interim reward and require a prescribed three-member Committee to determine the final quantum and account for post-appeal adjustments; Clauses cited authorize interim payment but delegate final determination to the Committee. Because no reasoned Committee decision was recorded, the operative effect is that the prescribed Committee must hear the informant and issue a reasoned order within six months either enhancing the reward or confirming that no further payment is due.....