IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15072 of 2007 SANGITA DEVI, wife of Navin Kumar Mandal, resident of village Amauja, P.S. Gwalpara, District Madhepura … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Director, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Madhepura 4. The District Welfare Officer, Madhepura 5. Rekha Devi, wife of Kailash Mandal, resident of village Lalia, Panchayat Pirnagar, P.S. Gwalpara, District Madhepura, the present Mukhiya of Pirnagar Gram Panchayat District Madhepura 6. Indu Kumari, wife of Amarendra Mandal, resident of village Amauja, P.S. Gwalpara, District Madhepura … Respondents. ----------- 2. 18.12.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows: “This is an application for issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of mandamus direction to the respondents to make appointment of the petitioner on the post of Anganwari Sevika at Anganwari Centre Laliya cum Amauza Yadav Tola Ward No.1 as she was selected by the selection Committee and Aam Sabha and to cancel the appointment of respondent no.6 as her selection was made by the Mukhiya of the Panchayat without following the circular of the Anganwari Sevika and any other appropriate writ, 2 order, direction save and except in accordance with law.” 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 Madhepura 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 Anganwari 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 Madhepura District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure 4, 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 3 opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, respondent nos. 5 and 6 as also representative of concerned Gram Panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, this Court would also direct the petitioner to produce this order alongwith a copy of her earlier representation before the Collector of the District. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/