THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY W.P. No.30805 of 2010 ORDER: The Project Officer, Integrated Child Development Scheme, Pondur, issued notification dated 13-11-2010, inviting applications to fill the posts of Anganwadi Workers, Helpers, etc., for different places within her jurisdiction. The petitioners are unemployees of different villages in Pondur. They challenge the notification on the ground that the respondents did not mention the exact location for each notified post. According to them, failure to mention the area would lead to uncertainty and denial of opportunity to the petitioners. They place reliance upon the guidelines issued in G.O.Ms.No.21, dated 24-08- 2007, in this regard. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Women Development and Child Welfare. The Project Officer, initiated steps to fill as many as 17 posts of Anganwadi Workers/Helpers in the Mandal. It appears that six villages mentioned in the notification have only one post of Anganwadi worker. In respect of others, there are more posts than one. For example, for Pondur, there appear to be 10 posts, and out of them, five are sought to be filled. In respect of villages like, Kinthali, Gandhinagar, Kanimetta, B.Kancharam, Liadam and Repaka, there are more posts, and through the notification, one post for each of those villages is sought to be filled. It is no doubt true that, in G.O.Ms.No.21, dated 24-08-2007, it is mentioned that the candidates hailing from the concerned locality would be eligible. However, where, more posts, than one, are sanctioned, it would be difficult to divide the village or town into wards, exclusively for this purpose. It would be sufficient, if the person hails from the concerned village. Hence, there are no merits in the contention of the petitioners. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.08-12-2010. KO