Wydra v. Swatara Township

DOYLE,1 Judge.

This is an appeal by John F. Wydra from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County which granted Swatara Township’s (Township) motion to quash the appeal to it on the basis that the adjudication of the Township Civil Service Commission had been improperly appealed under the provisions of the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 551-555, 751-754, rather than Sections 644 and 645 of The First Class Township Code (Code), Act of June 24, 1931, P.L. 1206, as amended, 53 P.S. §§ 55644-55645.2 The Local Agency Law provides, inter alia, that no final order by a local agency…