IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16467 of 2007 RANI KUMARI, wife of Udai Kumar, resident of village Dihari Garh, Ward No.16, P.O. & P.S. Harnaut, District Nalanda (Bihar Sharif) … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Secretary cum Commisisoner, Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Director, Social Welfare, Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Collector cum District Magistrate, Nalanda, Bihar Sharif 5. The District Welfare Officer, Nalanda, Bihar Sharif 6. The Child Development Project Officer, Harnaut, Harnaut Block, District Nalanda (Bihar Sharif) 7. The Block Development Officer, Harnaut Block, Nalanda, Bihar Sharif 8. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Dihari Garh, P.O. Harnaut, P.S. Harnaut, District Nalanda (Bihar Sharif) … 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: “This is an application for issuance of an appropriate writ/ order/ direction upon the respondents to appoint the petitioner on the post of Aganbari Sevika at Dihari Garh, Ward No.16 under Dihari Garh Gram Panchayat Raj, Harnaut Block, District Nalanda, Bihar Sharif and also direction upon the respondents particularly, the respondent no.6 to issue appointment letter to the petitioner and also awarding cost 2 of the case for unnecessary delay in the matter of issuance of appointment letter to the petitioner and also for any other relief/s as may be deemed fit and proper.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that a representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Nalanda 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 Nalanda District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure 5, by a reasoned order 3 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 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/