State ex rel. Knowles v. Reser

PRITCHARD, Judge.

This action began upon a petition for writ of mandamus asking that the trial court reinstate appellant as an employee of the Division of Family Services, Research and Statistics Unit, with a classification of Research Analyst IV, at a salary of $1,524 per month. The trial court issued an alternative writ of mandamus but, after hearing, quashed it as being improvidently granted. Appellant filed an application for review before the Personnel Review Board which denied it on the ground that it had no jurisdiction in a case of layoff of an employee.

Appellant pleaded that…