IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16326 of 2007 Smt.Mamta Devi, W/o Arvind Kumar Sharma, R/o Babu Mohalla Ward No.11, P.O. Mahnar, P.S. Mahnar, District Vaishali. ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Collector, Vaishali at Hajipur. 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Vaishali at Hajipur. 4. The Block Development Officer, Mahnar Block Vaishali at Hajipur. 5. The Child Development Project Officer Mahnar Block Vaishali at Hajipur. 6. The Ward Commissioner, Ward No.11, Mahnar Municipal Area Vaishali at Hajipur. 7. Pratima Kumari, W/o Bhagwat Paswan at present residing at Babu Mohalla Ward No.11, P.S. Mahnar District Vaishali and permanent resident of Village Baghara, P.S. Samastipur, District Samastipur. ------ Respondents ----------- 2 18.12.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “1(i) For issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing and commanding respondent authorities namely Child Development Project Officer to produce appointment letter of Respondent No.-7 who has been selected for the post of Anganwari Sevika for Centre No.86 of Babu Mohalla, Mahnar and for further to cancel the same as in appointment of the respondent No.7 the Respondent authorities has not followed the guidelines and has 2 appointed respondent No.-7 illegally as she having not resident of the said locality. (ii) For further direction to the respondent authorities to consider the cause of the petitioner for appointment on the post of Anganwari Sevika as she having eligible qualification and daughter-in- law of the mohalla.” With reference to the aforementioned reliefs, counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner intends to move the Collector of the District by filing a compact representation. In the opinion of this court, recourse chosen by the petitioner seems to be correct inasmuch as the scheme for appointment on the post of Anganbari Sevika itself envisages the redressal of grievance pertaining to selection/appointment on the post of Anganbari Sevika in the first instance by the Collector of the District. That being so, this court would give liberty to the petitioner to file a compact representation which, if filed along with this order, will be disposed within the time limit 3 fixed by the State Government in the Circular dated 10.12.2009 by a reasoned order after affording opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, respondent no. 7 and the representative of concerned gram panchayat. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)