Section 6-B607. FILING REQUIREMENTS  


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  • 607.1An employee shall initiate an appeal by filing a petition for appeal with the Office.

    607.2The Office shall promptly send a copy of the petition for appeal to the agency, and the agency shall file an answer within thirty (30) calendar days of the service of the petition for appeal.

    607.3The date of filing shall be the date the Office time stamps on the document.

    607.4The filing of a petition for appeal and a petition for review must be made by personal delivery at the Office during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, or by mail addressed to the Office.

    607.5The employee must file with the Office one (1) original and two (2) copies of the petition for appeal (including the documents required by § 609).

    607.6Filing of pleadings and documents with the Office, other than a petition for appeal, or a petition for review filed pursuant to § 633, shall be made as prescribed in§607.4 unless the Administrative Judge assigned to the appeal directs otherwise.

    607.7The parties shall serve on each other one (1) copy of each document filed with the Office other than the petition for appeal. A party may affect such service by mailing or by personally delivering to each other party a copy of the document submitted to the Office. Each document must be accompanied by a certificate of service specifying how, when, and on whom service was made.

authority

The Chairperson of the Office of Employee Appeals in accordance with §602 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-606.02(a)(5) (2006 Repl.).

source

As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 9297 (November 19, 1999); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at

EditorNote

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 2129 (March 16, 2012) repealed and replaced the existing chapter 16 with a new chapter 16 (Rules and Regulations of the Office of Employee Appeals). Sections 606-635 were renamed, and section 636 was repealed.