Opinion
(5722)
Argued January 21, 1988
Decision released February 22, 1988
Appeal from the decision of the named defendant imposing certain sanctions and probation on the plaintiff, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Fairfield, where the court, Stodolink, J., granted the defendants' motion to dismiss and rendered judgment dismissing the appeal, from which the plaintiff appealed to this court. No error.
Kenneth B. Povodator, with whom, on the brief, was Noel R. Newman, for the appellant (plaintiff).
Paul J. Lahey, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, and Richard J. Lynch, assistant attorney general, for the appellees (defendants).
The plaintiff is appealing the judgment of the trial court dismissing his administrative appeal from the decision of the defendant, Connecticut Board of Veterinary Registration and Examination.
The trial court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the appeal because the defendant was served outside the thirty-day time limitation mandated by General Statutes 4-183. We agree.
This case is controlled by the holding in Rogers v. Commission on Human Rights Opportunities, 195 Conn. 543, 550, 489 A.2d 368 (1985), which states that "[t]he failure to file an appeal from an administrative agency within the time set by statute renders the appeal invalid and deprives the courts of jurisdiction to hear it." See also Royce v. Freedom of Information Commission, 177 Conn. 584, 587, 418 A.2d 939 (1979); Minichino v. Freedom of Information Commission, 6 Conn. App. 148, 149, 503 A.2d 1189 (1986).