233 So. 2d 168 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 1970
Appellee was a non-instructional employee of the appellant. She was discharged for failure to comply with regulations regarding her employment. She contends she had a right to appeal to a committee, which hearing should have been conducted in a quasi-judicial fashion. She took an appeal; the committee recommended her dismissal, which recommendation was approved by The Board of Public In
We find that the circuit court erred in two respects: First, it did not have jurisdiction to entertain the petition for certiorari. Adams v. Board of Public Instruction of Okaloosa County, Fla.App. 1969, 225 So.2d 423; Powell v. Board of Public Instruction of Levy County, Fla. App.1969, 229 So.2d 308.
Therefore, for the reasons above stated, the final order of the circuit court, here under review, be and the same is hereby set aside and reversed with directions to dismiss the petition for certiorari filed in the trial court.
Reversed and remanded, with directions.
. It is recognized that these decisions catne down after the circuit judge took jurisdiction of the matter, but causes are determined at the appellate level as the law exists at the time of the appeal and not at the time of the institution of the proceedings in the trial court. Florida East Coast Railway Company v. Rouse, Fla.1966, 194 So.2d 260; Personnel Board of City of Miami Beach v. Majewski, Fla.App. 1969, 227 So.2d 498.