Serva v. Office of Court Administration

— In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (1) to compel appellants to grant a preference to petitioner, whose name is the only one remaining on the promotion unit eligible list in the Tenth Judicial District for the title of associate Surrogate’s Court clerk and is one of two names on the State-wide general promotion list established for that same title, over the eligible persons whose names appear on the open-competitive list for that title, and (2) to enjoin appellants from making any appointments from the open-competitive list for the title of associate Surrogate’s Court clerk until…