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3. The appellant has filed the instant appeal dated 21.01.2021 inter alia on the grounds that reply given by the CPIO was not satisfactory. The appellant requested the Commission to direct the CPIO to provide the complete information and take necessary action as per Section 20 (1) of the RTI Act.
4. The CPIO replied vide letter dated 28.07.2020 and the same is reproduced as under:-
"i) The halting allowance were not paid as same is not payable for visiting the tricity branches. Conveyance allowance is sanctioned to the member.
ii) The applicant had submitted the TA bill of Rs. 13620.00 dated 06.03.2020 and full amount was sanctioned. Subsequently Rs.1440 relating to conveyance allowance was recovered due to non-eligibility of the applicant to travel from Ghaziabad to Delhi (Home town) and back for 2 days as he was eligible for holding allowance.
iii) Rs. 1440.00 relating to conveyance allowance was not sanctioned to the applicant due to non-eligibility of the member to travel from Ghaziabad to Delhi (Home town) and back for 2 days as he was eligible for halting allowance.
iv,v,vi) The information sought for are confidential in nature and same containing sensitive official matter which has no relationship to any public activity or interest. Hence information sought for is exempted under section 8 (1) (d) of the RTI Act, 2005."
6. The Commission after adverting to the facts and circumstances of the case, hearing both the parties and perusal of records, observed that the respondent had given reply. The perusal of the RTI application reveals that the appellant had sought reasoning or basis of decisions of the authorities. It was not the case that the appellant sought guidelines on Halting Allowance and Local Conveyance. He wanted particular provisions which authorized the authorities to deny such allowances which was in the form of clarifications. It may be noted that in case the appellant had a grievance regarding allowances, he may approach an appropriate forum for redressal of his grievance. However, at the most the respondent could be directed to provide the relevant guidelines about eligibility of allowances, conveyance, etc. and update the same in public domain, if not already done so, within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order. Further, the remaining points in the RTI application being hypothetical in nature and not being compiled in the format, the same may not be directed to be created. With these observations and directions, the appeal is disposed of.