

Allegheny County Firefighters, Local 1038, International Association of Firefighters v. This Court recently considered a similar four-step grievance procedure culminating in binding arbitration.(1955) 1804, prohibit the establishment of a pension fund for police officers whereby the retirement age is less than fifty-five in the absence of an actuarial study showing the feasibility of such a retirement age reduction, and an arbitration award which requires the violation of such prohibition must be set aside. Provisions of the Act of 1956, May 29, P. The Order granting the Petition also transferred the matter to this Court for disposition on the merits. Appellant filed a Petition for Certiorari in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania under Rule 68-1/2 which was granted on February 9, 1972. On December 21, 1971, the Board of Arbitration made the award now being challenged in part by appellant.

§ 217.1, appellant, Cheltenham Township, and appellee, Cheltenham Police Department, submitted the issues in dispute to binding arbitration as provided by Section 4 of Act 111, 43 P.
