State ex rel. Crockett v. Robinson

I

The first issue presented is whether relator is entitled to *365a writ of mandamus1 to compel respondents to award him back pay where he has been reinstated2 to his position with the city government, on the basis that the civil service commission failed to timely file its record with the Court of Common Pleas as mandated by R. C. 119.12.

R. C. 119.12 provides, in part, that “[w]ithin thirty days after receipt of notice of appeal from an order in any case wherein a hearing is required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, the agency shall prepare and certify to the court a complete…