56 S.E.2d 511 | Ga. | 1949
1. While a justice of the peace is such an elective officer of the State (Long v. State,
2. Code (Ann. Supp.) §§ 40-2207 and 40-2208, and Rule 14.402, on page 28, of the Rules and Regulations of the State Personnel Board, provide that any employee under the merit system, who is dismissed, shall have the right of appeal under the rules and regulations prescribed by the Merit System Council, and that the Personnel Board, within three days after the hearing on such an appeal, shall make its decision in writing to the appointing authority, which shall be final; and a decision rendered by the State Personnel Board under the provisions thereof is not null and void as being violative of the due-process clauses of the State and Federal Constitutions. Rule 14.401, page 28, of the Rules and Regulations of the State Personnel Board, provides: "A permanent employee who is dismissed, . . shall have the right to appeal to the board not later than fifteen days after the effective date of the dismissal. . . Such appeal shall be in writing and transmitted to the director, who shall arrange a formal hearing before the board at the next regular monthly meeting or within thirty days after receipt of the appeal. The director shall furnish the board and the department heads with a copy of the appeal ten days in advance of the hearing. Both *182
the employee and the appointing authority shall be notified five days in advance of the hearing, and shall have the right to present witnesses and give evidence before the board." The fact that no appeal is provided from the decision of the State Personnel Board does not contravene the constitution provisions above referred to, for there is no section of the Constitution which specifically provides for an appeal. Smith v. Duggan,
3. Applying the foregoing principles to the petition in this case, which sought to enjoin the State Personnel Board and the County Welfare Board from employing a County Welfare Director upon the grounds dealt with in the preceding headnotes, it failed to state a cause of action and the trial court did not err in sustaining the demurrers thereto.
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur; Duckworth, C. J.,concurs in the judgment only.