Dhawan v. Office of Suffolk County Medical Examiner

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to compel the respondents to reappoint the petitioner to the civil service position of forensic scientist I (serology), or in the alternative, to appoint him to the position of forensic scientist II (serology), the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jones, J.), entered October 15, 1987, which dismissed the proceeding on the merits.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the petition is granted to the extent that the respondents are directed to appoint the,…