IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16401 of 2007 BABY KUMARI, wife of Amarendra Kumar, resident of village Mathiyapur, P.O. Devdaha, P.S. Dhanarua, District Patna … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Director, Panchayati Raj, Bihar, Patna 3. District Magistrate, Patna 4. Deputy Development Commissioner, Patna 5. Block Development Officer, Dhanarua, District Patna 6. Child Development Project Officer, Dhanarua, District Patna 7. Yugal Paswan, Panchayat Secretary, Devdaha Panchayat, P.S. Dhanarua, District Patna 8. Hari Mohan Prasad, Mukhia, Devdaha Panchayat, P.S. Dhanarua, District Patna 9. Aniketa Bharti, wife of Tridev Prasad, resident of village of Mathiyapar, P.O. Devdaha, P.S. Dhanarua, District Patna … 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction for setting aside the appointment of respondent no.9 on the post of Aaganbadi Sewika under Devdaha Panchayat who appears to have been selected on the post of adopting great irregularities in selection process.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that a 2 representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Patna 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 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 Patna District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure 4/1, 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. 9 as also representative of concerned Gram Panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, this Court would also direct the petitioner 3 to produce this order alongwith a copy of 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/