Formation of an Independent School District v. Secretary of Education

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

On February 10, 1987, Petitioners for the Formation of an Independent School District for the Purpose of Transfer to the North Allegheny School District (Petitioners) filed a petition for review in the nature of mandamus in our original jurisdiction 1 2requesting that we direct Respondents Secretary of Education and the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to approve their petition for transfer. For the reasons set forth below, we sustain Respondents’ preliminary objections to the petition for review.

Petitioners commenced an action in the Court…