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N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.6 Reconsideration of decisions

N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.6, Reconsideration of decisions. Within 45 days of receipt of a decision, a party to the appeal may petition the Civil Service Commission for reconsideration. (b) A petition for reconsidera Full text with 2 recorded amendments, 110 citing decisions, cited by 1 other rule.

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Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

Forty-five days from receiving the decision, and only two grounds will do. Either there is new evidence or additional information that was not presented at the original proceeding, in which case the petition has to show both that it would change the outcome and why it was not presented the first time. Or a clear material error has occurred. Those two are the whole list, so disagreeing with the result is not by itself a ground. The petition goes in writing, signed by the petitioner or a representative, with copies of everything served on all other parties. On cost, the exemption follows the underlying appeal: reconsideration of an appeal that carried no fee carries none either, under 4A:2-1.8.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.6. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) Within 45 days of receipt of a decision, a party to the appeal may petition the Civil Service Commission for reconsideration. #

(b) A petition for reconsideration shall be in writing signed by the petitioner or his or her representative and must show the following: #

1. The new evidence or additional information not presented at the original proceeding, which would change the outcome and the reasons that such evidence was not presented at the original proceeding; or #

2. That a clear material error has occurred. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 2 recorded changes.

December 7, 2015AmendedR.2015 d.186
47 N.J.R. 1689(a); 47 N.J.R. 2966(a)
July 17, 2006AmendedR.2006 d.271
37 N.J.R. 4345(a); 38 N.J.R. 3016(b)

How this rule has been applied

110 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.6. The list below is citations to those decisions, not the decisions. We have not written summaries for this section. A citation with no summary is deliberate: we do not paraphrase a decision we have not read. Nothing here is legal advice.

New Jersey Supreme Court (1)

119 N.J. 256; 574 A.2d 983

Superior Court (1)

Matter of Hill241 N.J.Super. 367; 575 A.2d 42

Civil Service Commission final determinations (108)

In re McManus, Dep't of Envtl. Prot., CSC Docket No. 2024-1445Docket 2024-1445May 22, 2024
In re Pitts, Camden Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Works, CSC Docket No. 2024-763Docket 2024-763May 1, 2024
U.S. Post Office. In re Crawford, Essex Cnty., Dep't of Public Safety & Corrs., CSC Docket No. 2023-1566Docket 2023-1566May 24, 2023
In re Pietropinto, Admin. Sec'y (PC4203C), Morris Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2023-1Docket 2023-1July 25, 2022
In re Trejo, Police Officer (S9999A), Union City, CSC Docket No. 2022-1785Docket 2022-1785May 23, 2022
In re Brown, City of Plainfield, Dep't of Pub. Wks., CSC Docket No. 2021-1521Docket 2021-1521July 2, 2021
In re Dye, City of Passaic, Dep't of Eng'g, CSC Docket No. 2021-1516Docket 2021-1516July 2, 2021
In re Zerr, Twp. of Pemberton, Dep't of Recreation, CSC Docket No. 2021- 1412Docket 2021-May 24, 2021
In re Perkins, Twp. of Pemberton, Dep't of Recreation, CSC Docket No. 2021-1414Docket 2021-1414May 24, 2021
In re Wills, Twp. of Pemberton, Dep't of Recreation, CSC Docket No. 2021-1413Docket 2021-1413May 24, 2021
In re Palacio, Dep't of Children & Families, CSC Docket No. 2021-528Docket 2021-528January 22, 2021
In re Ruggiero, Camden Cnty., CSC Docket Nos. 2021-807Docket 2021-807January 22, 2021
In re Blount, et al., Newark, CSC Docket Nos. 2021-391, et al. (Consolidated)Docket 2021-391November 27, 2020
In re Ruggiero, Camden Cnty., CSC Docket Nos. 2021-323Docket 2021-323October 23, 2020
In re Pharo, Atlantic Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Safety, CSC Docket No. 2021-37Docket 2021-37October 2, 2020
In re M.S., Dep't of Transp., CSC Docket No. 2020-1715Docket 2020-1715June 5, 2020
In re Arocho, Fire Fighter (M2554M), Newark, CSC Docket No. 2020-2221Docket 2020-2221May 22, 2020
In re Apsley, Fire Instructor (C0205A), Hunterdon Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2020-1908Docket 2020-1908May 22, 2020
In re Sylvester, Buyer (PC2336W), Sussex Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2020-1590Docket 2020-1590May 1, 2020
In re Friedman, Dep't of Law & Pub. Safety, Div. of State Police, CSC Docket No. 2018-3696Docket 2018-3696February 28, 2020
In re Medina, Union Cnty. Superior Ct., Judiciary, CSC Docket No. 2016-3718Docket 2016-3718January 31, 2020
In re Young, Dep't of Envtl. Prot., CSC Docket No. 2020-1778Docket 2020-1778January 30, 2020
In re Goding, Hudson Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2019-3622Docket 2019-3622January 17, 2020
In re Beauchamp, Morris Cnty. Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Docket No. 2020-1030Docket 2020-1030January 17, 2020
In re L.L., Corr. Officer Recruit (S9988U), Dep't of Corrs., CSC Docket No. 2019-3240Docket 2019-3240August 16, 2019
In re Abaza et al., Cnty. Corr. Officer (S9999U), Passaic Cnty. Sheriff's Office, CSC Docket Nos. 2019-2634 and 2019-2630 (Consolidated)Docket 2019-2634 and 2019-2630June 28, 2019
In re Chesler, Police Captain (PM0863S), Jersey City, CSC Docket No. 2019-2008Docket 2019-2008June 28, 2019
In re Belle, Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Docket No. 2019-2963Docket 2019-2963June 14, 2019
In re Buchanan, City of Newark Dep't of Eng'g, CSC Docket No. 2019-2868Docket 2019-2868June 14, 2019
In re Taylor, Vineland Developmental Ctr., Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Docket No. 2019-1945Docket 2019-1945April 26, 2019
In re Velardi, Fire Fighter (M1513T), Clifton, CSC Docket No. 2019-2690Docket 2019-2690April 18, 2019
In re L.J., William Paterson Univ., CSC Docket No. 2019-1237Docket 2019-1237April 18, 2019
In re Wine, Jersey City Pub. Library, CSC Docket No. 2018-3206Docket 2018-3206January 24, 2019
In re Navas, Twp. of West New York, CSC Docket Nos. 2019-580 and 2019-581 (Consolidated)Docket 2019-580 and 2019-581January 17, 2019
In re Gluchanicz, Ramapo College of N.J., CSC Docket No. 2019-1597Docket 2019-1597February 11, 2019
In re Pena, Passaic Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs., CSC Docket No. 2019-927Docket 2019-927November 2, 2018
In re Jenkins, CSC Docket No. 2019-201Docket 2019-201October 17, 2018
In re Bruccoleri, Ewing Twp., CSC Docket No. 2019-467Docket 2019-467September 7, 2018
In re Ferrell, New Lisbon Dev. Ctr., Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Docket No. 2017-417Docket 2017-417September 7, 2018
In re Ellis, Jersey City Pub. Schs., CSC Docket Nos. 2018-2908 and 2018-2910 (Consolidated)Docket 2018-2908 and 2018-2910September 7, 2018
In re Bramonte, City of Trenton, CSC Docket No. 2019-307Docket 2019-307September 7, 2018
In re Kenney, Juvenile Justice Comm'n, CSC Docket No. 2018-3120Docket 2018-3120August 17, 2018
In re Brown, Cnty. Corr. Officer (S9999W), Union Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2018-3442Docket 2018-3442August 3, 2018
In re Wilson, Dep't of Law and Pub. Safety, CSC Docket No. 2017-3138Docket 2017-3138July 24, 2018
In re Lindsey, CSC Docket No. 2018-1397Docket 2018-1397July 23, 2018
In re Brett, et al., Human Serv. Specialist 4 (PC1644U), Monmouth Cnty., CSC Docket Nos. 2018-3551 and 2018-3743 (Consolidated)Docket 2018-3551 and 2018-3743July 23, 2018
In re Queen, City of Trenton, CSC Docket No. 2018-3689Docket 2018-3689July 20, 2018
In re A.D., Corr. Officer Recruit (S9988R), Dep't of Corrs., CSC Docket No. 2018-164Docket 2018-164June 24, 2018
In re Bragg, Vineland Developmental Ctr., Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Docket No. 2018-2103Docket 2018-2103May 25, 2018
In re Thompson, Correction Captain (PC2535T), Ocean Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2018-1801Docket 2018-1801April 6, 2018
In re Fdyfil, Fire Fighter (M1544T), Jersey City, CSC Docket No. 2018-1362Docket 2018-1362March 28, 2018
In re Alicea, State Parole Bd., CSC Docket No. 2018-774Docket 2018-774November 2, 2017
Fire Fighter. In re Shamberger, Fire Fighter (M2554M), Newark, CSC Docket No. 2018-207Docket 2018-207September 7, 2017
In re Moschen, City of Newark, CSC Docket No. 2017-2206Docket 2017-2206August 17, 2017
In re Monge, Clifton, CSC Docket No. 2017-3244Docket 2017-3244July 19, 2017
In re Garzio, CSC Docket No. 2017-2547Docket 2017-2547July 17, 2017
In re Landus, Corr. Officer Recruit (S9988R), Dep't of Corrs., CSC Docket No. 2016-2616Docket 2016-2616July 5, 2017
In re Wells, Hudson Cnty., CSC Docket Nos. 2016-3177 and 2016-3178 (Consolidated)Docket 2016-3177 and 2016-3178May 22, 2017
In re R.C., Dep't of Law & Pub. Safety, CSC Docket No. 2017-1168Docket 2017-1168May 3, 2017
In re Alexander, Hudson Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2016-2119Docket 2016-2119April 11, 2017
In re Martina, Jr., Police Sergeant (PM5146N), Plainfield, CSC Docket No. 2018-360Docket 2018-360April 9, 2017
In re Comitini, Northern State Prison, Dep't of Corrs., CSC Docket No. 2017-359Docket 2017-359March 15, 2017
In re Police Sergeant (PM0718P), North Arlington, CSC Dkt. No. 2016-2370February 22, 2017
In re Hart, Newark, CSC Docket No. 2015-3056Docket 2015-3056February 14, 2017
In re Gomm, Borough of Carteret, CSC Dkt. No. 2016-3829February 13, 2017
In re S.B., State Parole Bd., CSC Docket Nos. 2016-270 and 2016-1939 (Consolidated)Docket 2016-270 and 2016-1939December 18, 2015
In re Mendoza, Hudson Cnty. CSC Docket No. 2015-3356Docket 2015-3356December 18, 2015
In re Paul, Cnty. Corr. Sergeant (PC2081R), Monmouth Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2015-1622Docket 2015-1622December 17, 2015
In re Simpson, Atlantic City, CSC Dkt. No. 2015-933June 8, 2015
In re Meyer, Dep't of Envtl. Prot., CSC Dkt. No. 2015-2393May 11, 2015
In re Ponna, Newark Sch. Dist., CSC Dkt. No. 2015-2657May 8, 2015
In re Stein, Senior Clerk Typist (PS8590J), Rowan Univ., CSC Dkt. Nos. 2015-1638April 16, 2015
In re Baker, Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Dkt. No. 2014-1641October 23, 2014
In re Baker, Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Dkt. No. 2014-1640October 23, 2014
In re Gaines, CSC Dkt. No. 2014-220September 3, 2014
In re Taylor, City of Newark, CSC Docket No. 2014-1424Docket 2014-1424August 1, 2014
In re Tisch, Program Support Specialist 1, Assistance Programs (S2408N), Statewide, CSC Dkt. No. 2014-1495July 16, 2014
In re Elizabeth Waked, Coordinator MVC (PS3709T), Motor Vehicle Comm'n, CSC Docket No. 2014-2794Docket 2014-2794July 16, 2014
In re Roy Queenan, Coordinator MVC (PS3709T), Motor Vehicle Comm'n, CSC Docket No. 2014-2793Docket 2014-2793July 16, 2014
In re Stumpf, Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Docket Nos. 2014-1602 and 2014-1603Docket 2014-1602 and 2014-1603May 27, 2014
In re Adrian Ellison, Dep't of Corr., CSC Dkt. No. 2014-1483April 25, 2014cites (b)
In re Solanik, Exec. Assistant 2, S. Woods State Prison, Dep't of Corr., CSC Docket No. 2014-976Docket 2014-976April 23, 2014
In re Nita Shah, CSC Dkt. No. 2014-1636April 10, 2014cites (b)
In re Martin Bendorf, Dep't of Envtl. Prot., CSC Docket No. 2014-1652Docket 2014-1652March 28, 2014cites (b)
In re Morris, Classification Officer 1 (PS5033I), Dep't of Corrs., DOP Docket No. 2014-1244March 17, 2014
In re Sheriff's Officer Lieutenant (PC1221P), Bergen County, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-2907March 13, 2014
In re Fitzpatrick, Dep't of Law and Pub. Safety, CSC Docket No. 2013-3246Docket 2013-3246March 13, 2014
In re Tracy, Fire Fighter (M2377H), Newark, CSC Docket No. 2014-1669Docket 2014-1669March 13, 2014
In re McNair, CSC Dkt. No. 2014-3069March 9, 2014
In re Dioses, et al., Supervisor 1 MVC (PS3710T), Motor Vehicle Comm'n, CSC Docket No. 2014-936, Final Administrative Action (December 6Docket 2014-936December 6, 2013cites (b)
In re Jesse Suttor, Cnty. Corr. Officer (S9999K), Passaic Cnty., CSC Dkt. No. 2013-216October 2, 2013cites (b)
In re Joyce Maldonado, Berkeley Twp, CSC Dkt. No. 2014-150October 2, 2013cites (b)
In re Morris, CSC Docket No. 2013-2927Docket 2013-2927September 4, 2013cites (b)
In re Joseph Napoleone, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-3243August 7, 2013
In re James Costa, Deputy Fire Chief (PM1145N), Newark, DOP Dkt. No. 2013-2780July 19, 2013cites (b)
In re Frank DeVita, Dep't of Corr., CSC Dkt. No. 2013-2554June 26, 2013cites (b)
In re William Billson and Alexandra Califf, Hazardous Materials Responder (C0281P), Union Cnty., CSC Dkt. Nos. 2013-2978June 5, 2013cites (b)
In re Melissa Burk-Pocino, Technical Assistant Personnel (PS0229G), Dep't of Env't Prot., DOP Docket No. 2013-2174April 19, 2013cites (b)
In re Gonzales, CSC Docket No. 2012-3487Docket 2012-3487April 17, 2013cites (b)
In re Electrical Inspector (M2399N), Mount Holly, CSC Docket No. 2013-2284Docket 2013-2284April 17, 2013cites (b)
In re Ditsche, Entry Level Law Enforcement Examination (S9988M), DOP Dkt. No. 2013-2065April 8, 2013cites (b)
In re Beverly-Ann Schilling, Ocean Cnty. Bd. of Social Svcs., CSC Dkt. No. 2013-957April 4, 2013cites (b)
In re Ginger Ferrell New Lisbon Developmental Center Department of Human Services, CSC Docket No. 2013-1335Docket 2013-1335April 3, 2013cites (b)
In re Robert Trent, Department of Corrections, CSC Docket No. 2012-2923Docket 2012-2923March 8, 2013cites (a)
In re Alex Siniavsky, Department of Corrections, CSC Docket No. 2012-3664Docket 2012-3664March 7, 2013cites (b)
In re Keisha Henderson, Essex County, CSC Docket No. 2013-1607Docket 2013-1607March 7, 2013cites (b)
In re Dorian Herrill, Battalion Fire Chief (PM0146P), Newark, CSC Docket No. 2013-1447Docket 2013-1447February 8, 2013cites (b)
Fire captain was not entitled to reconsideration of a Civil Service Commission decision pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.6(b) because he did not present new or additional information that would have changed the outcome of the case. As provided in the original decision, he did not have displacement rights to the title of Fire Prevention Specialist because he was neither properly serving as a provisional nor was he permanent in that title. There was no record of the City appointing him from a certification as required under N.J.A.C. 4A:4-1.10(a). In re Agripino Figueroa, City of Camden, CSC Dkt. No. 2012-2660January 10, 2013cites (b)

Commission decisions citing 4A:2-1.6

130 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (denied 100, granted 13, different results for different parties 6, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

In the Matter of Nazia Mughis- Sohrawardy, Environmental Engineer 4 (PS8885G), Department of Environmental Protection CSC Docket No. 2026-1208 · September 2, 2026 · Bypass on a certification · Denied
In the Matter of Bernacine Barnes, Monmouth County, Department of Human Services CSC Docket No. 2026-1118 · September 2, 2026 · Request for reconsideration · Denied
In the Matter of Joseph Howe, Cape May County, Sheriff’s Department CSC Docket No. 2026-1221 · September 2, 2026 · Request for reconsideration · Denied
In the Matters of Eric Delgado and Timothy Mitchell, Sergeant Campus Police (PS3229J), Montclair State University CSC Docket No. 2025-2589 · August 12, 2026 · Request for reconsideration · Denied
In the Matter of Daniel Burke, Jackson, Department of Administration CSC Docket No. 2026-1666 · August 12, 2026 · Request for reconsideration · Denied

All 130 decisions

Rules that point here

4A:2-1.8 Appeal processing fees