612. REPRESENTATION

612 CONSOLIDATION AND JOINDER 612.1 If an employee has two or more appeals pending before the Office, the Administrative Judge may consolidate the appeals and adjudicate them as one action. 612.2 If two or more employees have appeals involving similar or identical issues pending before the Office, the Administrative Judge may join the appeals for adjudication as one action. 612.3 The Administrative Judge may consolidate or join appeals on his or her own motion, or on the motion of a party, if to do so would: (a) Expedite processing of the cases; and (b) Not adversely affect the interests of the parties. 612.4 At any time and on such terms as are just, the Administrative Judge may sever appeals consolidated or joined under these rules and proceed with each appeal separately. SOURCE: As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 9297 (November 19, 1999).