WP(C) 939/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA Heard Mr. SK Singha, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Ms. P . Chokraborty, learned Standing counsel, SWD. The petitioner is an aspirant for appointment as Anganwadi Helper in Ran garbari and Medhi Cuba Anganwadi Centre under Barbhag ICDS Project, Kamarkuchi, Nalbari. He is a member of Scheduled Caste community and BPL card holder. Accord ing to him the population of the SC community in the said Anganwadi Centre is mo re than 40% and as such he being a member of the said community, the respondents ought to have given preference to him. But the respondents have selected and ap pointed the respondent No. 6 who is a general category candidate. In the counter affidavit filed by the respondent No. 4, the aforesaid st and of the petitioner has been denied and it has been stated that as per census of 2001 (census Code NO. 00696700), the total population of Ulabari village is 1 659 out of which SC population is nil. This indicates that in Rangarbari Chuba and Medhipara chuba of Ulabari village there is no SC population. Thus, it is th e stand of the respondents that the plea of the petitioner that there are 40% SC population in the village, is not correct. In paragraph-5 of the counter affid avit, it has been stated that since the petitioner is a Gaon Panchayat member, h er candidature was cancelled during the interview process itself and that the re spondent No. 6 was selected on the basis of her performance in her interview. The aforesaid stand of the respondents in their counter affidavit has no t been denied by the petitioner. In view of the above, no relief can be granted to the petitioner and acc ordingly the writ petition is dismissed.