DEPT. OF TRANS. v. ST. CIVIL SERV. COMM. et al.

Appeal, No. 1258 C.D. 1972.

10 Pa.Commw. 310 (1973)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellant, v. State Civil Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee, and Michael A. Collura, William A. Hillman, Joseph V. Lombardo, Vaughn H. Hill, Ralph H. Bosley, John J. Thomaskevich, Anthony J. Nataro, James T. Richmond, Kenneth D. Spaw, D.K. Phillips, Harold T. Cunningham, Thomas C. Brown, Tim Elrick, Harry F. Stiles, Jack V. Smith, Donald Law, Sr., Harold R. Pringle, Ray J. Kurtz and Donovan L. Powell, Intervening Party-Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reynold J. Kosek, Assistant Attorney General, with him Robert W. Cunliffe, Deputy Attorney General, and Israel Packel, Attorney General, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Robert Lazorchick, Robert M. Rowlands and Robert L. Webster, with them Scott & Lazorchick, Markowitz & Kirschner, Richard Kirschner and Webster & Hallal, for intervening appellees.

Argued May 8, 1973, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS and BLATT.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, September 12, 1973:

In the avowed interest of economy, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation as of May 17, 1972 furloughed 73 Civil Service employees in the highway construction and maintenance division. The job classifications chosen for reduction were those of Construction Inspector I and Construction Inspector Trainee, apparently the Department's least skilled Civil Service workers.

The Department of Transportation has...

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