Allen v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania State Police

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

One Hundred and five Pennsylvania State Policemen have filed a petition for review in an attempt to invoke both the appellate and original jurisdictions of this Court. They seek to appeal the Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner’s refusal, on the ground of untimeliness, to entertain their grievances filed in 1979. They also request us to invoke *388our equitable power to grant them relief similar to that afforded ten of their fellow officers in the case of Roberts v. Wade, 39 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 379, 395 A.2d 661 (1978).

The background for this litigation can be…