Winston-Dillard Firefighters Ass'n, Local 2091 v. Public Employes' Retirement Board

This matter arises on a petition for judicial review of an order made by the Public Employes Retirement Board (PERB), which denied petitioners’ request for termination and withdrawal from the federal Social Security System. Because we find the dispositive issue not cognizable in this proceeding, we dismiss the petition on our own motion.

There are no fact disputes. The Federal Security Administrator (now the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare), and PERB, as the authorized representative of the State of Oregon, entered into an agreement on September 28,1951, extending the benefits of…