Varndell v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

An order of the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission (Commission) sustaining the decision of the Department of Public Welfare (Department) to discharge petitioner from his employment as a Mental Retardation Aide I at Selinsgrove Center is the subject of this appeal.

Petitioner was discharged from his position at Selinsgrove Center, an institution operated by the Department, on the charge that on June 23, 1978 petitioner rubbed his hand in a resident’s nose and slapped bim about the face at least three times without provocation or extenuating circumstances.…