Haines v. Commonwealth, State Civil Service Commission

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The petitioner, Charles A. Haines, Jr., appeals from a decision of the State Civil Service Commission (Commission) which dismissed him from his position as a probationary employee because of his political activity.

*642The petitioner was appointed on January 27, 1979 to a probationary civil service position as a Public Service Trainee in the Department of Public Welfare. On March 6, 1979, he filed a nomination petition seeking the Republican nomination for the office of Snyder County Commissioner. Upon being informed of this action, the Commission conducted an evidentiary…