Commonwealth v. State Civil Service Commission

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The Coimuomvealth, by its Department of Revenue, hag appealed from an adjudication of the State Civil Service Commission reinstating Albert H. Ladner to his former position of Director of the Department’s Internal Audits Division. Mr. Ladner had been removed from this position, which he had held for nine years and as to which he had long since acquired regular status in the State Civil Service.1 Mr. Ladner denied the appointing authority’s accusations of inefficiency, insubordination and incompetency and in addition contended that his firing was an act of political…