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B-196562 1 (1980-07-07)

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                       STHE  COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DE  C SION      OF THE. UNITED STATES
                        WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548


FILE: B-196562


DATE:  July. 7, 1980


MATTER  OF:  Burnell A. Tickles - Retroactive Temporary
             Prorffotion


Employee of the Department of Energy appeals
action of Claims Division which denied his
claim under Turner-Caldwell for a retro-
active promotion and backpay. That action
is sustained since higher grade duties to
which employee claims he was detailed were
not classified and established as a higher
grade position. Agency is not estopped to
deny existence of established higher grade
position by reason of its failure to classify
duties and establish position for over one
year.


     By a letter dated September 11, 1979, Mr. Burnell A.
Tickles, through his attorney,,appealed Settlement
Certificate No. Z-2416546, issued July 18,/1979, which
denied his claim based on our Turner-Caldwell decisions,
55 Comp-.. Gen. 539 (1975) and 56 Comp. Gen. 427 (1977),
for   retroactive temporary promotion and backpa

     Mr. Tickles, a GS-14 EEO Specialist in the Office of
Equal Opportunity, Department of Energy (DOE), submitted a
claim to DOE on October 6, 1978, alleging that he had
performed the duties of Chief, Division of Operations,
Office of Equal Opportunity, a GS-15 position, from
October 1,'1977 until October 6, 1978. His claim was
administratively.denied on November 16, 1978, by the
Department of Energy which stated in part:


Upon the activation of the Department of Energy,
all employees transferring into DOE from its
component agencies transferred with their functions
as of October 1, 1977. Your position at the time
of your transfer was Equal Opportunity Specialist,
GS-160-14. Your memorandum states that you were
required to perform the duties of Chief, Operations
Division, and that the duties of that position
were at the GS-15 level.


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