Panchal v. Commissioner of Education

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (trans*903ferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Committee on the Professions which denied petitioner’s application for a license to practice as a certified public accountant.

Petitioner, licensed as a certified public accountant (hereinafter CPA) in Maryland in 1989, thereafter sought a CPA license in this State and was told that he needed to complete additional course work. In 1990, petitioner was indicted as a result of his proposal to two police officers, acting undercover as…