In Interest of John W.

HESTER, Judge:

These appeals are taken from the September 17, 1980 Orders entered in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and denying the appellants’ application for the expungement of their juvenile records. We reverse and remand for a hearing on the issue of whether the Commonwealth’s interest in maintaining the records is greater than the appellants’ interest in having them expunged.

At the age of 18, the appellant, John W., was charged with theft, brought before the Philadelphia Juvenile Court on June 22, 1979 and placed on consent decree probation. John W’s probationary period expired on…