IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13207 of 2007 SMT.MANJU DEVI, wife of Sri Sajan Sharma, resident of village Milki, Post- Milki, Anganwari Centre No. 35, Panchayat Bihpur East, District Bhagalpur. … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Bihar, Patna. 2. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur. 3. The Block Development Officer, Bihpur, Bhagalpur. 4. The Child Development Project Officer , Bihpur, Bhagalpur. 5. The Mukhiya village & post- Milki, Panchayat Bihpur East District- Bhagalpur. 6. Smt. Ruby Devi, wife of Sri Jay Prakash Sharma village & Post- Milki, panchayat- Bihpur East, District Bhagalpur. … respondents. ----------- 2. 18.12.2009. Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “ i) a writ preferably in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondents concerned to allow the petitioner to discharge his duties as “Gram Seweeka” under Anganwari Centre No. 35 at village and post Milki, Panchayat Bihpur East in District- Bhagalpur, whereas the petitioner has been duly selected in General Meeting and the name of the petitioner put up at Sl. No. 1 after following due procedure on 30.6.04. ii) A writ in the nature of certiorari or any other appropriate writ/order or direction for calling and quashing the appointment of respondent no. 6, who has been appointed by the Colloboration with respondent no. 4 2 i.e. C.D.P.O. Bihpur and respondent no. 5 i.e. Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat, Malafide intention in the place of petitioner despite the facts that the private respondent no. 6 has not fulfilling the criteria laid down by the social welfare Department as well as she has less marks in comprison of petitioner. But from the back door she has been given joining due to extraneous consideration. iii) and further for a direction to consider the appointment of petitioner in accordance with rules” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that three representations for the same relief were filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Bhagalpur district but no order has been passed thereon till date. In the opinion of this court, once the Government has provided in the scheme for appointment on the post of Anganbari Sevika that any issue relating to selection/appointment on the post of Anganbari Sevika in the first instance has to be looked into and decided by the Collector of the District, the representations filed by 3 the petitioner for this purpose ought to have been disposed of. That having not been done, this court would direct the Collector of Bhagalpur District to dispose of the representations of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-3, 3/1 and 5 by a reasoned order within the time frame now prescribed by the State Government in the latest Circular dated 10.12.2009, of course after affording opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, respondent no. 6 as also representative of concerned gram panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, this court would also direct the petitioner to produce this order along with a copy of her earlier representation before the Collector of the district. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)