Supreme Court dismisses appeal against compensation award, ruling employer is regional office not national agency.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal against a compensation award, holding that the regional office was the employer, not the national agency. The plaintiff initially sought reinstatement but the lower court awarded damages instead, which the Supreme Court found procedurally flawed because no such judgment existed to appeal. The court ruled that the national agency could not be the employer for reinstatement purposes, thereby invalidating the basis for the compensation claim.