IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.4856 of 2010 Usha Kumari, D/o Ramjee Sharma, wife of Shri Ramanand Sharma, resident of village and P.O. Banwaria, P.S. Hulasganj, District Jehanabad … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Sri Anup Mukherji, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. Smt. Palka Sahni, D/o and W/o of not known to the petitioner, District Magistrate, Jehanabad … Opp.Parties ---------------------------------- 3. 18.10.2011 Heard Mr. Dinu Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. A show cause reply has been filed by the Collector of Jehanabad District and he is also present in person. From the reading of the show cause reply and its Annexures containing the order passed by him contained in Memo No. 710 dated 15.10.2011 it becomes clear that the order of this Court as with regard to passing of the reasoned order on the representation of the petitioner has been complied, though belatedly. The explanation of the Collector of Jehanabad District in this regard is that the order of this Court was not made available to him earlier by the petitioner alongwith the representation and only after getting a copy of the contempt application he could know of the directions given in the order dated 19.11.2009 in C.W.J.C.No. 14603/2006, the relevant portion whereof reads as follows: “In the opinion of this Court once the Collector has been made the prescribed authority in the circulars with regard to selection and appointment on the post of Anganwari Sevika, if any complaint with regard to selection/ appointment is made by any person the same has to be looked into by the Collector. There is no counter affidavit by the respondent State which 2 could have shortened the process of litigation. This Court is also not in a position to have the stand of the respondent no.7. This is the opinion of this Court keeping the writ application pending will not serve any purpose, inasmuch as the someone has still to do the exercise of fact finding. In that view of the matter, this Court would dispose of the writ application with a liberty to the petitioner to file a representation as against the selection and appointment of respondent no.7 and in the event such a representation is filed by the petitioner alongwith a copy of this order, the Collector of Jehanabad District will be under obligation to decide the same in accordance with law after affording opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner, respondent no.7 and the representative of the Gram Panchayat concerned. Such exercise however must be completed within a period of six months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order.” Considering the nature of the order and the stand taken by the Collector in his show cause reply there would be no need to go further beyond recording the only aspect that the direction given by this Court in the connected writ application, as quoted above, has been complied. This application is, accordingly, disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to seek appropriate remedy, if any, before the appropriate forum in accordance with law. The personal appearance of the Collector of Jehanabad District is dispensed with. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/ 3