Davis v. Personnel Administrator of the Department of Personnel Administration

The question before us is whether the plaintiffs may assert a protected interest under the civil service laws because the administrator, contrary to the requirements of G.L. c. 31, § 25, waited seventeen months after the date of the written examination taken by the plaintiffs to establish an eligibility list for the position of vocational disability examiner. The statute requires the list to be established no later than six months after the date of such examination. As a result of this delay, the plaintiffs claim they were ineligible for promotion to the position of senior vocational…