Franchina v. Codd

Each of the four petitioners below—two appellants, two respondents here—resigned from the police department under honorable circumstances, with spotless records, for reasons having nothing whatever to do with their performance as officers. Following periods of separation from the department of about 10 months—9 in one case—each applied for reinstatement. In each instance, formal reinstate*396ment came about with seniority running from the date thereof, with the same rank, grade, and salary as before; the later dating of seniority without continuity from the original date of induction was to…