IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13352 of 2007 Sangita Devi, Wife of Raj Kumar Prasad, Resident of Village Hanuman Gagra, Police Station Raj Bhat, District Nawadah. ---------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The District Magistrate, Nawadah. 3. The District Superintendent of Education, Nawadah. 4. The Child Development Project Officer, Akbarpur, District Nawadah. 5. Mukhiya Gram Panchayat Panti, Village Hanuman Gagra, Akbarpur, District Nawadah. 6. Gram Sevak Gram Panchayat Panti, (Secretary), Hanuman Gagra, Akbarpur, District Nawadah. 7. Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Hasua, District Patna. 8. Sumitra Devi, Wife of Lalan Kumar, Resident of Hanuman Gargi, Post Office Raj Hat Police Station Akarbarpur, District Nawadah. -------- 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. That this is an application for Writ in the nature of mandamus for quashing the letter No.15 dated 4.6.2007 issue under the signature of Opposite party no.5 Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat „Panti‟ whereby the Scheme under the Child Development Office, Mukhiya have been directed to appointed Anganbari Sevika vide Annexure-1 is writ petition. Further issuance of Writ in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondent authorities for discharging for duty as Anganbari Sevika of the 2 said Gram Panchayat Sevika of the said Gram Panchayat pursuant to her having being selected to the said post and for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction to which petitioner may be found legally in-title in the fact the circumstances stated hereinafter and appoint the petitioner against that post on the basis of petitioner superior higher merit and his selection by the selection committee.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that representations for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Nawadah 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 representation filed by the petitioner for this purpose ought to have been disposed of. That having not been done, this 3 court would direct the Collector of Nawadah District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-3 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. 8 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. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)