Opinion ID: 2297347
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: procedural aspects of case.

Text: Subsequent to the decision of the Chief Examiner and Secretary to hold an open competitive test and the promulgation of the job requirements, appellants requested a hearing as to the propriety of the action. The request was granted by the Commission and two of its five members, N.J.S.A. 11:1-1, were delegated to sit. At the opening of the hearing a demand was made that the matter be heard by not less than a quorum of the Commission. The overruling of that demand is presented as a ground for reversal. The status of the individual appellants at the time of the hearing must be noted. Mrs. Flanagan had been admitted to the examination; John Enright had been rejected as not possessing the required qualifications; the other four, Myers, Richard Enright, Morrison and Margaret Camisa, had not applied for leave to take the test. The doubt expressed by the Attorney General as to the standing of Mrs. Flanagan and the four non-applicants to appeal was put aside until this point in order to reach a determination on the full merits of the controversy. N.J.S.A. 11:5-1 ordains that the commission, in addition to the other duties imposed upon it by law, shall, as a body :