IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12246 of 2007 RUBI KUMARI, wife of Sbdesh Kumar Mahto, resident of village Pairgha, Post Bharko, P.S. Amarpur, District Banka … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna 2. The District Magistrate, Banka 3. The District Welfare Officer, Banka 4. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Banka 5. The Child Development Project Officer, Fullidumar, District Banka 6. Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat, Sadpur, Smt. Manju Devi, village Kathara, Post office Bharko, P.S. Amarpur, District Banka 7. Kumari Renubala Devi, husband name not known to the petitioner, resident of village Pairgha, Post Bharko, P.S. Amarpur, District Banka … Respondents. ----------- 2. 17.12.2009 No one appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the State is present. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows: “(i) For the issuance of an order, direction or writ including writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents for consider the case of the petitioner for appointment as Anganbari Sevika or Shahayika of the Gram Panchayat at Sadpur. (ii) For the issuance of an order direction or writ including writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to cancel re- appointment of the respondent Kumari Renubala Devi as Anganwari Sevika of Gram Panchayat Sadpur. 2 (iii) For the issuance of an appropriate declaration holding that the petitioner is entitled to be appointed as Anganbari Sevika/ Shahayika in the Gram Panchayat in question.” From the perusal of the writ application, it is clear that the petitioner as with regard to the aforementioned relief had moved the Collector of Banka district by filing a representation but the same was never disposed of, as a result whereof this writ application came to be filed on 18.9.2007. In view of the fact that the Collector of the district has been made prescribed authority by the State Government in its guidelines for selection and appointment on the post of Anganwari Sevika, the Collector of the district was under obligation to pass an appropriate order on the representation of the petitioner. The whole matter now has been given a rethinking by the State Government which now has also prescribed the time limit for disposal of such representation. In that view of the matter, this 3 Court would direct the Collector of Banka District to ensure that the representation filed by the petitioner is disposed of within the time limit now fixed by the State Government in its recent circular dated 10.12.2009. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/