The Okla. Const. Article V , Section 51 preserves equality between citizens who are similarly situated. A time table which relies upon the date of an order entered by this Court results in disparate treatment among applicants. Because of the workload of the Court or the Bar Association, some applicants may receive immediate review of an application for reinstatement while others, like the attorney here, may not benefit from a ruling of this Court for a year after their application for reinstatement is filed. In reinstatement proceedings, this Court functions as a licensing court exercising its original jurisdiction.
Recommendations made by the trial panel are advisory in nature.
Here, the trial panel recognized the possibility for disparity. Its recommendation that the attorney's time for filing a second application for reinstatement run from the date he filed the original application for reinstatement should be followed. Supreme Court Decision No.