WP(C) 6587/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY Heard Mr. S.H. Rahman, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. M. Buragohain, learned counsel for the respondents. The petitioner, who offered her candidature for appointment as an Anganwadi Help er for the Kadamoni No.2 Anganwadi Centre under Batadraba ICDS Project, is aggri eved by the order of the official respondents to appoint the respondent No. 5 Mu sstt. Momtaz Begum by contending that the said respondent does not reside withi n the jurisdictional area of the Anganwadi Centre. It is contended by Mr. S.H. Rahman that because of the objection of the local pe ople, the respondent No.5 could not be appointed although the issue pertains to an advertisement dated 8.9.2009. Accordingly the learned counsel submits that in terference with the appointment of respondent No. 5 be made by this Court. Mr. M.Buragohain, learned standing counsel for the department submits that if re spondent No. 5 is not a local resident, she is not entitled to be appointed in t erms of the norms in force. Accordingly, he submits that the Director of Social Welfare may be permitted to make an enquiry into the residential status of respo ndent No. 5 and to take a decision on the appointment of the Anganwadi Helper in the Kadamoni No.2 Anganwadi Centre. In view of the above submissions of the learned counsels, I am inclined to disp ose of this petition at the motion stage by directing the Director, Department o f Social Welfare, Assam (Respondent No. 2) to make the necessary enquiry into th e residential status of respondent No. 5, after affording a hearing to the said respondent and to the petitioner. Thereafter the Director may take an appropriat e decision on the basis of the enquiry finding. Pending the decision, if the appointment has not been made, the same shall not b e made now until a decision is taken by the Director. The petitioner is permitted to furnish a copy of the Court’s order and the writ petition to the Director, Social Welfare for necessary action. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly.