IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13080 of 2007 NIBHA KUMARI, wife of Mishri Rawat, resident of village Makdumpur, Ward no. 2, Nagar Panchayat- Shekhpura, P. S. Shekhpura, District Shekhpura. … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Social Welfare Department, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Commissioner, Munger Division, Munger. 5. The Deputy Director, Welfare Department, Shekhpura. 6. The District Magistrate, Shekhpura. 7. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Shekhpura. 8. The Block Development Officer, Shekhpura. 9. The Child Development Project Officer, Block Shekhpura. 10. The District Welfare Officer, Shekhpura. 11. The Sub Division Officer, Shekhpura, Distt. Shekhpura. 12. The Ward Commissioner Nagar Panchayat, Shekhpura. 13. Kumkum Kumari wife of Arjun Mahto, resident of village Makdumpur, Ward No. 2, Nagar Panchayat- Shekhpura, P. s. Shekhpura, distt. Shekhpura. … 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 the petitioner craves indulgence of this Hon’ble court for issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of Mandamus, commanding and directing the respondent concerned to appoint the petitioner on the post of Anganwari Sevika within a specified period.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that a representation for the same 2 relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Shekhpura 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 Shekhpura District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure- 3 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. 13 as also representative of concerned muncipality. In order to expedite the matter, this court would also direct the petitioner to produce this order along with a copy of 3 her earlier representation before the Collector of the district. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)