IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8879 of 2007 RANU KUMARI, wife of Sri Sushil Kumar Yadav, resident of village Belha, P.O. Chandaur, Anchal Saurbazar, District Saharsa … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Director, Social Welfare Department ICDS Directorate, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Saharsa 4. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Saharsa 5. The District Welfare Officer, Saharsa 6. The Child Development Project Officer, Saurbazar, District Saharsa 7. Poonam Devi, wife of Sri Arun Kumar Yadav, resident of village Bhagwanpur, Mukhia of Gram Panchayat Chandaur West, P.S. Saurbazar, District Saharsa 8. Meera Kumari, wife of Sri Birendra Kumar Yadav, resident of village Kalibari, P.S. Saurbazar, District Saharsa … Respondents. ----------- 2. 27.11.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The prayer in this writ application of the petitioner reads as follows: (i) That for quashing the order contained in memo no. 1459 dated 1.7.2007 (contained in Annexure 8) passed by the District Magistrate Saharsa under which selection of respondent no.8 on the post of Anganbari Sevika has been held in accordance with circular of the department and rejected the claim of the petitioner for selection on the aforesaid post. (ii) That for issuance of a writ of certiorari to call for and to quash the appointment of 2 respondent no.8 on the post of Anganwari Sevika as her selection and appointment has already been held to be illegal and void by a high level enquiry committee. (iii) That for a direction to the respondent authority to appoint the petitioner on the post of Anganbari Sevika for the Anganbari centre, Bajrangbali Asthan Saharsa.” Admittedly as against the aforementioned impugned order passed by the Collector the petitioner has the remedy of appeal which has not been availed by her before filing of the writ application. This application is, accordingly, held as premature and is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before the Commissioner of the Division within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order and in the event such an appeal is filed in the aforementioned period the same will be disposed of on merits without circumscribing the petitioner by the period of limitation, inasmuch as this writ application, though misconceived, has 3 remained pending for a period of almost 2½ years. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/