State Troopers Fraternal Ass'n v. State, Department of Law & Public Safety

Pee Cueiam.

Plaintiffs sought in this case to compel the conducting of competitive promotional examinations for vacancies in the officer ranks in the Division of State Police on the ground that such is constitutionally mandated by the Civil Service provision of the 1947 Constitution, Art. VII, § I, par. 2, or, alternatively, that it is statutorily required by the Civil Service Act, N. J. 8. A. 11:4r-2, by reason of the absence of inclusion of the membership of the State *304Police in the unclassified civil service specified in N. J. 8. A. 11:4-4. The trial judge denied the requested relief, 115 N.…