IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15598 of 2011 1. Manju Kumari W/O Brahmdeo Kumar Sharma Resident of Village + P.O.-Budhchaka, District-Bhagalpur. 2. Rekha Kumari W/O Sunil Yadav Resident of Village-Subba Nagar, P.O.-Budhchaka, District-Bhagalpur. 3. Kumari Anita W/O Krishna Prasad Yadav Resident of Village-Subba Nagar, P.O.-Budhchaka, District-Bhagalpur. 4. Sarita Kumari W/O Akshay Kumar Sinha Resident of Village + P.O.-Rampur, District-Bhagalpur. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Commissioner, Bhagalpur. 4. The District Magistrate-Cum-Chairman of Selection Committee, Bhagalpur. 5. The Dy. Development Officer-Cum-Chief Executive Officer, Member of Selection Committee, Bhagalpur. 6. The Civil-Surgeon-Cum-Chief Medical Officer, Member of Selection Committee, Bhagalpur. 7. The District Education Superintendent, Member of Selection Committee, Bhagalpur. 8. The District Programme Officer, Member Secretary of Selection Committee, Bhagalpur--------Respondents ---------------------------------- For the Petitioners: Mr. Rajendra Pd. Singh, Sr. Advocate Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh & Mr. Navjot Yeshu, Advocates For the State: AC to SC-25. ------------------------------------ 2 9.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Application has been filed by the petitioners before the concerned authority to re-consider fixation of outer age limit keeping in view of the fact that petitioners have worked as Anganbari Sewika for a long period of time and such a fixation has created discrimination in the matter of their consideration as such. Since this is primarily a policy decision which has been taken by the State, the Court refrains from passing any categorical direction. However the State authority will take a final decision on the issue in the totality of the facts and circumstances as it may affect 2 many a persons in the said category and communicate the outcome thereof to the petitioners and issue a notification in this regard within a reasonable time frame. This writ application is disposed of with the above direction. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)