IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13309 of 2007 GUNJAN KUMARI, wife of Brajesh Kumar, resident of village- Ratwara, Police Station- Bajpatti, District Sitamarhi…. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Director Samaj Kalyan, Bihar, Patna. 3. The DDC, Sitamarhi. 4. The District Magistrate, Sitamarhi. 5. The Block Development Officer-cum- Bal Vikash Pariyojna Padadhikari, Bajpatti. …. 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 is an application for issuance of a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to make selection forthwith to the posts of Anganbari Sevika/Sahayika, Anganbari Centre No. 109, East Circle on the basis of applications already submitted to the Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Ratwara in the district of Sitamarhi.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that two representations for the same relief were filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Sitamarhi district but no 2 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 Sitamarhi District to dispose of the representations of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-2 and 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 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 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.)