Ferdig v. State Personnel Board

This is an appeal from a judgment denying a writ of mandate to compel respondent State Personnel Board (Board)1 to set aside and annul its order revoking the appointment of appellant Wayne L. Ferdig to a state civil service position, and to reinstate appellant in said position.

The facts are not in dispute and, as disclosed by the trial court’s findings and the documents in the record, are as follows: On May 14, 1962, appellant was appointed to the class of Kefrigeration Engineman with no veterans’ preference requested or applied to his score. On March 12, 1963, he was transferred to the class…