19 A.D.2d 761 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1963
In an article 78 [Civ. Prae. Act] proceeding in the nature of mandamus petitioners appeal from an order of Supreme Court at Special Term which dismissed the petition. Petitioners employed in civilian capacities- as National Guard technicians at a Federal missile base located in New York State were first suspended and later dismissed from their employment. Their petition alleges that they occupied permanent positions in the competitive class of the classified civil service of the. State and were entitled before discharge to a hearing upon stated charges (Civil Service Law, § 75, subd. 1, par. [a,])