Since July 1,1979, appeals from decisions of superior courts reviewing decisions in workers’ compensation cases are exclusively by application in the nature of a petition to this court requesting review. This court must issue an order granting or denying the appeal within 15 days of the date on which the response of the opposing *590party is filed or within 25 days of the date on which the application is filed. Ga. L. 1979, pp. 619, 620. A petition complying with the codal requirements was filed on November 14, 1979, and it was denied on November 26, 1979. In the present case appellant filed a notice of appeal on September 13, 1979. As this notice does not comply with the provisions of Code Ann. § 6-701.1, it must be dismissed.
Argued January 11, 1980Decided February 25, 1980.Kenneth W. Carpenter, for appellants.James T. McDonald, George L. Pope, Jr., for appellees.