Williams v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Richard E. Williams petitions for review of the State Civil Service Commission’s order dismissing his appeal from being furloughed from his position as Transportation Construction Manager I (TCM-I) by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).

PennDOT furloughed the petitioner effective September 1, 1980 pursuant to staff reduction requirements. Under the provisions of Section 802 of the Civil Service Act,1 PennDOT had prepared quartile rankings of all TCM-I’s in June of 1978; the employees’ positions were based on numerical scores derived from their last…