IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 5005 of 2007 Between: N. Navaneetha Chinthalapally W/o Late C. Venkat Reddy Chinth r/o Bahadurpur Village, Jainath Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chhild Development Project Officer, ICDS. Project, Collector Chowrasta, Adilabad, AP., 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Adialabad, Office at Collector Office Adilabad, Adilabad District. 3 The ICDS Project Officer, District Women and Child Development Office at vidyanagar, Adilabad. 4 The District Collector , Adilabad District, A.P., 5 K. Venkatamma D/o Ganga Reddy r/o Bahadurpur Village, Jainath Mandal Adilabad District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus directing the oﬃcial respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for appointment to the post of anganwadi worker for Bahadurpur Village, Jainath Mndal, Adilabad District, pursuant to the interview conducted on 19-2-2006 by selecting the petitioner for the post of Anganwadi worker and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.MOOSA AHMED Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR WOMEN DEV. & CHILD WELFARE The Court made the following : ORDER: The third respondent issued notiﬁcation inviting applications for the post of Anganwadi Worker for Bahadurpur Village of Jainath Mandal, Adilabad District. The petitioner, ﬁfth respondent and certain others applied for it. A call letter, dated 13.02.2006, was issued proposing to conduct the interview on 19.02.2006. The petitioner states that on the date of interview, she alone attended and no other candidate turned up, and still the third respondent is taking steps to appoint the ﬁfth respondent. In the counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled by the third respondent, it is stated that apart from the petitioner, the ﬁfth respondent and another candidate, by name, Laxmi, appeared. Out of them, the petitioner has secured highest number of marks, namely, 22; the ﬁfth respondent 9 marks, and the third candidate, by name, Laxmi, 19 marks. It is stated that the orders of appointment have not been issued, as yet, and in the meanwhile, the petitioner approached this Court. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Women Development and Child Welfare for respondents 1 to 4 and learned counsel for the fifth respondent. The petitioner had approached this Court, on an apprehension that the ﬁfth respondent is likely to be appointed as Anganwadi Worker. Her allegation that except herself, no other candidate attended the interview is not correct. Be that as it may, respondents 1 to 4 have not finalized the matter. The Writ Petition is disposed of, directing that the third respondent shall ﬁnalize the matter of appointment of Anganwadi Worker to Bahadurpur Village, within a period of four weeks from today. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ Dt.27.08.2008 L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J GJ