Municipality of Penn Hills Civil Service Commission v. Alexander

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This case comes here on appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which reversed the order of the Municipality of Penn Hills Civil Service Commission (Commission) and ordered instead that Commission’s eligibility list for police lieutenant and sergeant be voided and that the promotions of two individuals to the rank of sergeant be rescinded.

*25In April of 1981, fee Commission decided to promote four police officers to lieutenant and three police officers to sergeant and advertised for qualified applicants. It then administered written and oral…