IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16730 of 2007 BABY KUMARI, wife of Ajay Prasad, resident of village Dumrawan, P.S. Pakari Warawan, District Nawadah … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya 3. The District Magistrate, Nawadah 4. District Welfare Officer, Nawadah 5. Child Development Project Officer, Pakri Warawan, District Nawadah 6. Block Development Officer, Pakari Warawan, District Nawadah 7. Mukhiya, Dumrawan Gram Panchayat, P.S. Pakari Warawan, District Nawadah 8. Panchayat Secretary, Dumrawan Gram Panchayat, P.S. Pakari Warawan, District Nawadah 9. Sudha Kumari, wife of not known, resident of village Dumrawan, P.S. Pakari Warawan, District Nawadah … 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 is an application for issuance of appropriate writ/writs, order/orders, direction/directions to the respondents for setting aside the appointment/ selection of private respondent on the post of Anganwari Sevika of Tand Musahari Anganbari Centre situated in Dumarawan Gram Panchayat as well as for directing the respondents to appoint the petitioner on the said post.” With reference to the 2 aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that a representation 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 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 Nawadah District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure 5, 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. 9 as also representative of concerned Gram Panchayat. 3 In order to expedite the matter, 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/