Dirado v. Civil Service Commission

In each case the petitioner appeals the dismissal in the Superior Court of his petition for a writ of cer-tiorari seeking to quash the decision of the Civil Service Commission which (a) cancelled the examination he had taken for the position of artist in the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth and (b) requested the Director of Civil Service to hold a new examination for the position.

We first consider the DiRado petition. The Commission’s return shows that seventy-two applicants took the examination which was held at different places in the Commonwealth on April 27, 1963. The…