IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13904 of 2007 Daulatia Devi, Wife of Sarwan Paswan, Resident of Village Nagdapatti, Police Station Mahesi, District Saharsa. ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Secretary, Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar. 3. District Magistrate, Saharsa. 4. B.D.O., Block Mahesi, District Saharsa. 5. C.D.P.O. Block Mahesi, District Saharsa. 6. Lilawati Devi, Wife of not known Mukhia, Panchayat Pastwar Block Mahesi, District Saharsa. 7. Brahamdeo Prasad Shah, Son of not known Panchayat Sevak, Panchayat Pastwar, Block Mahesi, District Saharsa. 8. Sumitra Kumari, Wife of Indradeo Paswan, Resident of Village Pastwar, P.S. Mahesi, District Saharsa. ------ Respondents ----------- 2 18.12.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “1(I) For writ of in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondents to cancel the appointment of respondent no.8 who has been appointed as Aangan Badi Sevika for the village- Centre Nagdapatti by flouting the rules and guidelines issued by the Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar. (II) For writ in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondents to appoint petitioner as Aangan Badi Sevika for the village Nagdapatti Centre as she is the only one who fulfills all the guidelines issued in this respect 2 for appointment.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Saharsa 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 Anganbari 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 Saharsa District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-6 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. 8 as also 3 representative of concerned gram panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, this court would also direct the petitioner to produce this order along with a copy of her earlier representation before the Collector of the district. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)