WP(C) 6493/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY The petitioner, who offered her candidature for appointment as an Anganwadi Work er for the 31 No. Dakhin Singimari Ward No. 10 Anganwadi Centre under Batadraba ICDS Project, is aggrieved by the order of the official respondents to appoint t he respondent No. 5 Smti. Sufia Begum by contending that the said respondent doe s not reside within the jurisdictional area of the Anganwadi Centre. It is contended by Mr. MA Sheikh that because of the objection of the local peop le, the respondent No.5 could not be appointed although the issue pertains to an advertisement dated 8.9.2009. Accordingly the learned counsel submits that inte rference with the appointment of respondent No. 5 be made by this Court. Mr. B.K. Sarma, learned standing counsel for the department submits that if resp ondent No. 5 is not a local resident, she is not entitled to be appointed in ter ms of the norms in force. Accordingly, the he submits that the Director of Socia l Welfare may be permitted to make an enquiry into the residential status of res pondent No. 5 and to take a decision on the appointment of the Anganwadi Worker in the 31 No. Dakhin Singimari Ward No.10 Anganwadi Centre . In view of the above submissions of the learned counsels, I am inclined to dispo se of this petition at the motion stage by directing the Director, Department of Social Welfare, Assam (Respondent No. 2) to make the necessary enquiry into the residential status of respondent No. 5, after affording a hearing to the said r espondent and to the petitioner. Thereafter the Director may take an appropriate decision on the basis of the enquiry finding. Pending the decision, if the appointment has not been made, the same shall not b e made now until a decision is taken by the Director. The petitioner is permitted to furnish a copy of the Court’s order and the writ petition to the Director, Social Welfare for necessary action. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly.