Supreme Court of New Jersey November 2, 1987 (O'MALLEY v. Department of Energy)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

The issue on this appeal is whether the former Department of Energy (the Department) may be equitably estopped from returning respondent, Dennis O’Malley, from his provisional appointment as supervising energy specialist to his permanent position as senior engineer when a promotional examination was not given between the date of his