IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15585 of 2007 RUBI KUMARI, wife of Suryadeo Prasad @ Aman Paswan, resident of village Baikathpur (Saraiper), P.S. Khusrupur, District Patna … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. District Magistrate, Patna 3. Sub-divisional Officer, Patna City, District Patna 4. Child Development Project Officer, Patna 5. Mukhiya, Baikathpur Panchayat, P.S. Khusrupur, District Patna 6. Rinku Devi, wife of Babloo Singh, resident of village Saraipur, Baikathpur, P.S. Khusrupur, District Patna … Respondents. ----------- 2. 18.12.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows: “ This application is to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ to command/ direct the respondents to consider the representation filed by the petitioner and other persons before the District Magistrate, Patna and to cancel the appointment of Anganwari Sevika by respondent no.4 which has been done by without following the rules and regulation and in arbitrary manner and subsequently direct the respondent to appoint the petitioner as Anganwari Sevika.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the 2 petitioner would submit that a representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Patna 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 Anganwari 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 Court would direct the Collector of Patna District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, a receipt whereof is 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. 6 as also representative of concerned Gram Panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, 3 this Court would also direct the petitioner to produce this order alongwith a copy of her earlier representation before the Collector of the District. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/