s 12 Retirement in public interest
12.—(1) Where an officer’s service is terminated on the ground that, having regard to the conditions of the public service, the usefulness of the officer thereto and all the other circumstances of the case, such termination is desirable in the public interest, and a pension, gratuity or other allowance cannot otherwise be granted to the officer under the provisions of this Act, the relevant Pension Authority may, if the Pension Authority thinks fit, grant such pension, gratuity or other allowance as the Pension Authority thinks just and proper, not exceeding in amount that for which the officer would be eligible if the officer retired from the public service in the circumstances described in section 11(2)(c). (2) Where in the exercise of its powers of disciplinary control over public officers the Public Service Commission, the Judicial Service Commission or the Legal Service Commission (as the case may be) has ordered an officer to be retired in the public interest, the officer’s service shall be deemed to have been terminated under subsection (1).[Act 33 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022]