Farkas v. New York State Department of Civil Service

— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Conway, J.), entered December 15, 1983 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review an oral civil service test conducted June 4, 1982 and the rating given petitioner for that test. H The question presented on this appeal is whether the proceeding is moot by virtue of petitioner’s having become ineligible for the position for which he sought to qualify by civil service examination due to his mandatory retirement at the age of 70 years. We conclude that the…