Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Highways v. Lamb

STERNBERG, Justice.

This appeal, for its second time, calls into issue the effect of the state’s merit system of personnel administration. (KRS, ch. 18.)

The Franklin Circuit Court, by judgment of August 30,1974, ordered that appellee be reinstated without loss of pay or other fringe benefits. The judgment was affirmed by this court.

Subsequent proceedings disclose that on June 16, 1975, the appellee was reinstated to his former position. He was paid the sum of $28,732.50, which represented his lost pay for the full period of his layoff (9/15/72-6/16/75). On July 8, 1975, appel-lee made a motion…