IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16889 of 2007 SOBHA KUMARI @ SOBHA SINHA, wife of late Rajesh Pd. Sinha, resident of village Kamla, Manjhaul Panchayat No.1, P.S. Cheria Bariarpur, District Begusarai … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, through Secretary Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Secretariat, Patna 2. The District Magistrate, Begusarai 3. The District Welfare Officer, Begusarai District 4. Child Development Project Officer, Cheria Bariarpur Block, District Begusarai 5. Mukhia, Manjhaul Panchayat No.1, District Begusarai 6. Gauri Devi, wife of Ram Kripal Thakur, resident of village Kamla within Manjhaul Panchayat No.1, P.S. Cheraia Bariarpur, District Begusarai … 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, direction/directions, writs and writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to appoint the petitioner as Aanganbari Sevika in village Kamla within Manjhaul Gram Panchayat No.1 after removing respondent 2nd party who has been illegally appointed.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that the two representations for the same relief were 2 filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Begusarai 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 representations 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 Begusarai District to dispose of the representations of the petitioner, as contained in Annexures 3 and 3/1, 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. 6 as also representative of concerned Gram Panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, this Court would also direct the petitioner to produce this order alongwith a copy of 3 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/