§ 36-1-2 when Wilkinson was appointed to his crime-lab job, employees holding these positions served within the state’s classified service. Moreover, § 36-4-38 provides in relevant part that “[a] classified employee with permanent status may be dismissed by an appointing authority whenever he or she considers the good of the service to be served thereby, stated in writing, with full and sufficient reason, and filed with the personnel administrator. * * * In every case of dismissal, the appointing authority shall, on or before the effective date thereof give written notice of this action and the reason thereof to the employee and shall file a copy of the notice with the personnel administrator * * (Emphasis added.) See Aniello v. Marcello, 91 R.I. 198, 206, 207, 162 A.2d 270, 274 (1960) (<HOLDING>) (modified by subsequent statutory amendments).
holding that if good cause does not exist the court has the discretion to either dismiss the action without prejudice or direct that service be effected within a specified time holding the trial court was without authority to dismiss an appeal on the ground that the amount of the judgment required the appellant to file an application for discretionary review holding that a trial court cannot summarily dismiss a section 2  1401 petition holding that lack of good faith is a valid basis to dismiss a chapter 7 case for cause under section 707a holding that an appointing authority cannot summarily dismiss a classified employee and that the language  the good of the service to be served thereby  in  36438 has the effect of limiting the valid exercise of that power to dismiss for cause 