IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16523 of 2007 SUDHA DEVI, wife of Shankar Kumar Verma, resident of village and P.O. Ekamba, P.S. Jalalgarh, District Purnea … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through its Commissioner cum Secretary, Social Welfare Department of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna, Bihar 2. District Magistrate, Purnea District Purnea 3. The District Welfare Officer, Purnea, Dist.Purnea 4. The Child Development Project Officer, Purnea, District Purnea 5. Mukhiya Gram Panchayat Ekamba, P.S. Jalalgarh, District Purnea 6. Rani Devi, wife of Subodh Kumar Mandal, resident of village and P.O. Ekamba, P.S. Jalalgarh, District Purnea … 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: “(i) For issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the selection of respondent no.6 Rani Devi on the post of Anganwari Sevika in the Gram Panchayat Ekamba Block, Jalalgarh, District Purnea. (ii) For issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to select and appoint the petitioner on the post of Anganwari Sevika in Gram Panchayat Ekamba under Ekamba village, Block Jalalgarh, District Purnea.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the 2 petitioner would submit that a representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Purnea 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 Purnea District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure 5/A, 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. 6 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 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/