IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13181 of 2007 RANJU KUMARI, daughter of Shivjee Prasad and wife of Sunil Kumar, resident of village and P.O. Majharia Sheikh, P. S. Majhulia, District- West Champaran. … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Collector Bettiah, West Champaran. 3. The District Welfare Officer, Bettiah, West Champaran. 4. The Child Development Project Officer, Majhaulia, Bettiah, West Champaran. 5. Shashi Kiran Devi, wife of Manoj Kumar Singh, resident of village and P. O. Majharia, P. S. Majhaulia, District West Champaran. … 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 writ application is filed for issuance of a direction/order or an appropriate writ directing the respondents to quash the appointment of respondent no. 5 Smt. Shashi Kiran Devi on the post of Anganbari Sevika and in her place pass the necessary order for the appointment of the petitioner on the said post.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that a representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Bettiah (West Champaran) district but no order has been passed thereon 2 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 Bettiah (West Champaran) District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure- 1 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. 5 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. 3 With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)