IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.W.J.C. No.7596 of 2007 Kumari Neera, wife of Sanjay Kumar Shrivastava, resident of village Bhelwa, P.S. Gulwara, Madhuban, district East Champaran, Motihari .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Human Resources Development Department, New Secretariat, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna 4. The District Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari 5. The District Education Officer, East Champaran, Motihari 6. The District Superintendent of Education, East Champaran, Motihari 7. The Block Development Officer, Gulwara Madhuban, East Champaran, Motihari 8. The Block Education Extension Officer, Gulwara Madhan, East Champaran, Motihari 9. The Gram Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Bhelwa, Block Gulwara Madhuban, East Champaran, Motihari 10. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat, Belwan, Block Gulwara Madhuban, East Champaran, Motihari .. Respondents **** /2/ 13.02.2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Initially this application was filed by the petitioner for a direction to the respondents to empanel her name in the merit list for appointment of Panchayat Shikchak in Gram Panchayat Bhelwan, Block Gulwara Madhuban, East Champaran, Motihari. I.A. No. 7202 of 2008 has been filed for amending the prayer as already on the basis of selection appointment has been made on the post of Panchayat Shikchak. Petitioner’s case is that she was 2 not empanelled due to reason that she has passed her intermediate examination in vocational course though it is equivalent to the intermediate degree in arts and commerce, but, it was not considered by the reasons as equivalent degree. The counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance on some decision of this Court passed in C.W. J.C. No. 1964 of 2008 and also the order, dated 09.09.2008, issued by the Joint Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, contained in Memo No. 3335. It has also been submitted by the petitioner’s counsel that representation, in this regard, was filed by this petitioner before the appropriate authority, i.e., the Block Development Officer, Block Gulwara Madhuban, East Champaran, Motihari, which is still pending and not decided. 3. Considering these facts, let this matter be decided by the Block Development Officer before whom representation of the petitioner is pending. This matter is being disposed off with a direction to respondent no. 7, the Block Development Officer, Block Gulwara Madhuban, East Champaran, Motihari, to pass an order in accordance with law, considering the order passed by this Court as well as the order of the Joint Secretary of the Human Resources Development Department. The order must be 3 passed within four weeks from the date of production/communication of the order. 4. With these observations and directions, this application is disposed off. Cp:2/S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )