Elias v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by Selim A. Elias, M.D. (Petitioner) from a supplemental decision and order of the State Civil Service Commission (Commission) reaf*257firming a prior Commission decision to deny Petitioner back pay. We reverse.

Petitioner was dismissed from his position as a Physician II, regular status, at the Polk Center, a Pennsylvania Department 'of Public Welfare administered medical facility, on October 3,1978. The alleged grounds for the dismissal were: (1) Petitioner’s unprofessional conduct in placing statements on a medical chart which were critical of another…