(b)
may hear any other person who, in the opinion of the Board, is
able to give the Board information on the case; and
(c)
shall have access to, and shall consider, all documents that were
available to the authority concerned and shall also consider any
further document relating to the case that may be produced by or
on behalf of the applicant or the authority.
(5) When such an Appeals Board has completed its consideration of the
case, then(a)
if the decision that is the subject of the reference to the Board is a
decision such as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1),
the Board shall advise the appropriate Commission whether the
decision should be affirmed, reversed or modified and the
Commission shall act in accordance with that advice;
(b)
if the decision that is the subject of the reference to the Board is a
decision such as is mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) of
subsection (1), the Board shall not have power to advise the
authority responsible for making the decision to affirm, reverse
or notify the decision but the Board may advise the authority
responsible for granting the benefits in question-
(i)
where the officer has been removed from office, to grant all or
part of the benefits for which the officer concerned would have
been eligible under any law if he had retired voluntarily at the
date of dismissal; or
(ii)
where some other disciplinary action has been taken in relation
to the officer, that on the grant of any benefits under any law in
respect of the officer's service such benefits shall be increased in
such manner, as the board may specify in order to offset all or
any part of the reduction in the amount of such benefits that, in
the opinion of the Board, would or might otherwise be a
consequence of the action;
and that authority shall act in accordance with that advice and
the provisions of that law shall have effect accordingly.
(6) In this section"pension benefits" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (5) of Article
124 of the Constitution;
"Service Commission" has the meaning assigned to it in Clause (2) of