IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13007 of 2007 MOSTT.PRAMILA DEVI, wife of Late Ram Sagar Singh, residence of village- Makdumpur, Station Road Shekhpura, Ward No. 2, Nagar Panchayat- Shekhpura, P. S. Shekhpura, Distt. Shekhpura. … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, social Welfare Department, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Commissioner, Munger Division, Munger. 5. The Deputy Director, Welfare Department, Shekhpura. 6. The District Magistrate, Shekhpura. 7. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Shekhpura. 8. The Block Development Officer, Shekhpura. 9. Child Development Project Officer, Block Shekhpura. 10. The District Welfare Officer, Shekhpura. 11. The Sub Division Officer, Shekhpura, Distt. Shekhpura. 12. The Ward Commissioner Nagar Panchayat, Shekhpura. 13. Meera Kumari wife of Mahesh Prasad Yadav, resident of village Makdumpur, Station Road, Shekhpura, Ward No. 2, Nagar Panchayat- Shekhpura, P. S. Shekhpura, Distt. Shekhpura. … 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:- “1. That the petitioner craves indulgence of this Hon’ble Court for issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of mandamus, commanding and directing the respondent concerned to appoint the petitioner on the post of Anganwari Sevika within a specified period.” With reference to the aforementioned 2 relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that two representations for the same relief were filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Shekhpura 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 the petitioner for this purpose ought to have been disposed of. That having not been done, this court would direct the Collector of Shekhpura District to dispose of the representations of the petitioner as contained in Annexure- 3 series 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. 13 as also representative of concerned nagar panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, 3 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.)