IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14636 of 2007 Indu Kumari @ Indu Devi, Wife of Ganesh Prasad, Resident of Village Tari, P.S. Raghunathpur, District Siwan. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Commissioner cum Secretary Welfare Department Government of Bihar. 2. The Collector cum District Magistrate, Siwan, District Siwan. 3. The District Welfare Officer, Siwan District Siwan. 4. The Deputy District Welfare, Saran Division, District Saran. 5. The Block Development Officer, Raghunathpur, District Siwan. 6. The Mukhiya Gram Panchayat Raj Tari, P.S. Raghunathpur. 7. The Child Development Officer, Raghunathpur, District Siwan. 8. The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj Tari, P.S. Raghunathpur, District Siwan. 9. Poonam Priyadarahi, Wife of Sri Gautam Prasad, Resident of Village Tari, P.S. Raghunathpur, District Siwan. ------- 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 being filed for issuing the appointment of the respondent no.9 and for issuance of a direction to the respondent no.1 to 8 to appoint the petitioner on the post of Aanganbari Sevika since she is the only competent candidate for the said post as the respondent no.9 is disqualified as per the rule given under the Government notification made by the respondent no.1.” With reference to the aforementioned 2 relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Siwan 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 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 Siwan District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-3 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. 9 as also representative of concerned gram panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, 3 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. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)