Indiana State Personnel Board v. Galloway

The defendant-appellants, The Indiana Personnel Board, its members, the Director of State Personnel, the Indiana Department of Administration and its Commissioner, all of whom are hereinafter referred to collectively as “State", bring this appeal from a declaratory judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellees who are merit employees of various county welfare departments. The judgment declares that “the salary and pay plan adopted in 1971 ... is in violation of the State Personnel Act [Ind. Ann. Stat. §§ 4-15-2-1 through 4-15-2-46 (Burns Code Ed., 1974, and 1975 Supp.)], in that . . . [it]…