Berkowitz v. State Civil Service Commission

Bowman, J.,

This is another of a series of cases1 testing sweeping amendments enacted by the legislature in 19632 to the Civil Service Act of August 5, 1941, P. L. 752, 71 PS §741.1, et seq., *270whereby thousands of State employes were brought within the coverage of legislative civil service. Such employes had heretofore enjoyed only the protection of executive civil service or their public employment was without any such protection.

This particular action is one in mandamus wherein plaintiff seeks an order of this court directing defendant Civil Service Commission (commission) to conduct a…