IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10519 of 2007 MOST.REKHA DEVI, w/o late Dev Nandan Sah, resident of Jiwachhpur Tola, Lanin Nagar, P. S.- Madhepura, Distt. Madhepura… Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, represented through chief Secretary to the State of Bihar, Old Secretariat Building, Patna. 2. Mukhia, Gram Panchayat, Madanpur, P. S. Madhepura, Distt. Madhepura. 3. Block Development Officer, Madanpur, Distt. Madhepura. 4. Director, Panchyat Raj, Bihar, Patna New Secretariat Building, Patna. 5. Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna Secretariat Building, Harding Road, Patna. 6. Child Development Project Officer, Block Madhepura, Distt- Madhepura. 7. Director, Social Welfare Department, Social Welfare Directorate, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat Building, Patna. 8. Deputy Director, Social Welfare Department, Social Welfare Directorate, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat Building, Patna. 9. Director, International Child Development Scheme-II, Indra Bhavan, Patna. 10. District Magistrate, Madhepura. 11. Sub-Divisional Officer, Madhepura. 12. Deputy Development Commissioner, Madhepura. 13. Sashi Kala Devi w/o Bablu Kumar, resident of Jiwachhpur Tola, Lanin Nagar, P. S. Madhepura, Distt. Madhepura. … respondents. ----------- 3. 03.12.2009. Having perused the materials on record and heard counsel for the State, this court with regard to following reliefs prayed by the petitioner in her writ application (i) For the selection/appointment of the petitioner against the post of Anganbari Sevika in Centre Laninpur, Jiwachhpur, Panchayat Madanpur, P. S.- Madhepura, Distt. Madhepura in the light of the circular issued from the 2 office of respondent no. 6 as contained under annexure no. 2. (ii) For the quashing of selection/appointment of the respondent no.13 having post of Anganbari Sevika Lanin Nagar, Jiwachpur, Gram Panchayat, Madanpur, Distt- Madhepura.” would find that the petitioner had filed a representation before the Collector of Madhepura District on 12.6.2007 along with nine enclosures but even then no final decision on the same seems to have been taken by the Collector of the District. Counsel for the State is not in a position to assist this court on this aspect inasmuch as no counter-affidavit has been filed by him in a span of more than two years of filing of the writ application. That being so, this court would direct the Collector of the District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure 3 by speaking order after affording opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, respondent no. 13 as also representative of Gram Panchayat within a period of six months from the date 3 of receipt/production of a copy of this order. It is, however, made clear that this court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case of the petitioner and has simply directed the Collector of the District to do the needful which he is supposed to do in terms of circular issued by the State Government on the subject. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)