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B-184713 1 (1976-08-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadujj0001 and id is 1 raw text is:                                    THE COMPTROLLEP GENMRALL
      DECISION                     OF THE UNITED STATEB
                       S,:         WASHINGTON,          0.C. 20548




      FILE:                               DATE: AUG     9 1976
             B-IB4713
      MATTER OF:
      - Compensation--AdIusttent

      DIGEST:
                  1. Fmployee who held C.8-12 position assumed duties
                      of abolished OS-13 position. Emp1oyee iz not
                      entitled to backpay for period of claivied wrong-
                      ful classification since neither Classification
                      Act, 5 U.S.C. 5101 et feg., nor Back Pay Act#
                      5 U.S.C. 5596, creates substantive right to
                      backpay when employee's position is iscassified.

                  2. rumployee who held G5-12 position assumed duties
                      of abolished 0S-13 position. liew GS-13 position
                      was created and another employee was appointed
                      to position by merit promotion, As result of
                      jrievance examiner's recomendation, emipoyee
                      was appointed to GS-13 positiot under exception
                      to merit promotion procedure, Employee is not
                      entitled to retroactive pay tnder Back Pay Act
                      from establishment of GS-13 position to date of
                      appointment since there was no deter-ination by
                      agency that failure to promote constituted un-
                      justified or unwarranted personnal action
                      resulting in withdrawal of all or part of his pay.


           This matter involves the claim of             , which was
      the subject of our Transportation and Claims Division (now
      Claims Dfivision) settlement issued Septemnber 20, 1972, Z-2469393.
      The settlement disallowed-           claim for backpay.

                     held a position at the White Sands Missile R1ane,
      Department of the Army, classified as GS-12 in 1965, when a
      ,-13 supervisory potition was sbolisfe61. Since the supervisory
      dties of the abolished position needed to be performed,
      apparently on his own initiative, assumed most of the supervisory
      duties of the abolished position. In June 1969, apparently in
      response to a complaint by  _        the position of Alssile
      Flight Surveillance Officer, GS-13 was created. The job
      description of the new position reflected the duties performed by






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