Gunthorpe v. Government Employees Service Commission

OPINION

The Court is called upon to review orders entered by the Government Employees Service Commission (GESC) sustaining the proported dismissal of the petitioner from the position of business manager of the Virgin Islands Department of Education by the commissioner of that department. The questioned firing took the form of a letter dated August 23, 1973, supplementing an earlier letter of August 17, in which the commissioner notified the petitioner of his discharge effective August 21, 1973.

In essence but two questions are presented for review. The first requires that Title 3, V.I.C., § 530…