Pool v. Williams

COLEMAN, Justice.

The appointing authority and the State Personnel Board appeal from a declaratory decree construing § 316 of Title 55, Code 1940. The circuit court declared that § 316 requires that a merit system employee, who has been suspended by the appointing authority, shall be accorded the right to file with the Board a written answer to the charges filed against him and that the Board has a right to reinstate the employee if the suspension is not justified. The court also declared that § 316 “is constitutional.” § 316 recites as follows:

“An appointing authority may, from time to time,…