The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall study and investigate the need for existing positions in the classified service and may cancel unfilled positions which are not needed in carrying on the work of the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-215
(1967, P.A. 657, S. 24; P.A. 73-679, S. 28, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 41, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 40, 610.)