IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16238 of 2007 VEENA KUMARI, wife of Raj Kumar Rai, resident of village Dasua, P.O. Dasua, P.S. Ujiarpur, District Samastipur … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through Secretary Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. District Magistrate, Samastipur 3. District Welfare Officer, Samastipur 4. Block Development Officer Ujiarpur, District Samastipur 5. The Child Development Project Officer, Ujiarpur, District Samastipur … Respondents. ----------- 6. 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: “(i) To quash the order of selection of Anganbari Sevika of Bhagwanpur Desua Bater Tola Centre. (ii) For a direction to the respondent no.1 to take action against faulty persons who are responsible for the selection of Anganbari Sevika. (iii) For a direction to the respondents to consider the name of petitioner for appointment of Anganbari Sevika in Bhagwanpur Desua Panchayat at Bater Tole Centre.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that a 2 representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Samastipur 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 Samastipur District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure 7, 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 as also representative of concerned Gram Panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, this Court would also direct the petitioner 3 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/