ORDER

AND NOW, this 14th day of December, 1998, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, and the decision of the Commonwealth Court is REVERSED pursuant to Lykins v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, 552 Pa. 1, 713 A.2d 77 (Pa. 1998). The matter is REMANDED to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board for consider*56ation of the merits of Petitioner’s penalty-petition.