IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14309 of 2007 Sanjita Devi, Wife of Kamlesh Kumar Thakur, Resident of Village Beta Kakarghatti, P.S. Khajauli, District Madhubani. ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. Commissioner, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga. 4. District Magistrate, Madhubani. 5. District Development Commissioner, Madhubani. 6. District Welfare Officer, Madhubani. 7. Child Development Project Officer, Khajauli, District Madhubani. 8. The Block Development Officer, Khajauli, District Madhubani. 9. Benta Kakarghatti Panchayat, through its Panchayat Secretary. 10. Mukhiya, Benta Kakarghatti Panchayat, Block Khajauli, District Madhubani. ------- Respondents 1st Set 11. Usha Kumari Wife of Satish Kumar Singh, Resident of Village Benta Kakarghatti, P.S. Khajauli, District Madhubani. ------- Respondents 2nd Set ---------- Respondents ----------- 2 18.12.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “1. That this application is for issuance of appropriate writ, order or direction for setting aside the order by which the respondent 1st set has appointed respondent second set on the post of Aanganbari Sevika of Primary School Centre situated in Ward No.14 and part of ward no.4 of Benta Kakarghatti Gram Panchayat ignoring the case of the petitioner.” 2 With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Madhubani 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 Anganbari 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 Madhubani District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-2 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. 11 as also representative of concerned gram panchayat. 3 In order to expedite the matter, this court would also direct the petitioner to produce this order along with a copy of her earlier representation before the Collector of the district. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)