IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13291 of 2007 RINA DEVI wife of Sri Mithileshwar Pandit, resident of village Mahual Bazar, P. O. Badram, P. S. Husainganj, District- Siwan…. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Chief Secretary, Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Integrated Child Development Service Scheme, Social Welfare Department, Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate, Siwan. 6. Block Development Officer, Husainganj, District Siwan. 7. The District Welfare Officer, Siwan. 8. The Child Development Project Officer, Hussainganj, District Siwan. 9. The Mukhiya, Grampanchayat Raj, Badaram, Police Station Husainganj, District Siwan. 10. The Panchayat Secretary, Grampanchayat Raj, Badaram, Police Station Husainganj, District Siwan. 11. The Babita Devi wife of Motilal Prasad, resident of village Mahaul Bazar, P.O. Badaram, P. S. Husainganj, District Siwan (Bihar). … 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:- “i). For issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to produce appointment letter of respondent no. 11, namely, Babita Devi who has been appointed as Anganwari Sevika for Anganwari Centre no. 9 of Grampanchayat Raj, Badaram, Block Husainganj, District Siwan and for quashing of the same. ii) For issuance of direction commanding the respondents to get the genuineness of the qualification certificate of respondent no. 11 verified from the U. P. School 2 Examination Board, Allahabad on which forged documents she has got her appointment as Anganwari Sevika for the aforesaid centre. iii) For issuance of direction commanding the respondents to make appointment of the petitioner as she was duly selected by the selection committee and Aam Sabha having higher marks and being more suitable candidate at the place of respondent no. 11, namely, Babita Devi.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that three representations for the same relief were filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Siwan 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 representations 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 3 Siwan District to dispose of the representations of the petitioner as contained in Annexure- 5, 7 and 8 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. 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. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)