Douglas v. Teachers' Retirement Board

Motion, pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, for an order directing respondent to grant retirement service credit to petitioners for the period of their suspension from active service is denied, and the petition dismissed.

Petitioners were school teachers employed by the Board of Education of the City of New York until January 8, 1960, when both were suspended without pay by that board. This suspension continued through August 22,1963, when the board directed their “reinstatement”. The suspensions were based upon petitioners’ alleged false answering of certain questions posed in…