Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The respondents' refusal to add the petitioner's name to the list of eligible candidates for the permanent position of Sanitary Engineer IV was not arbitrary and capricious. Civil Service Law § 52 (1) provides that vacancies shall be filled, as far as practicable, by promotion of persons holding lower grade positions in the direct line of promotion (see, Hewlett v Evans,
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