IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15359 of 2007 GITA KUMARI @ GITA DEVI, wife of Sri Vijay Singh, resident of village Narayanpur, P.S. Kochas, District Rohtas … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Commissioner cum Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. Director, I.C.D.S. Government of Bihar, Patna 4. Director, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 5. Deputy Director Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 6. District Welfare Officer, Rohtas 7. Child Development Project Officer, Kochas, Rohtas 8. Mukhia Balthari Panchayat, Kochas, Rohtas (Sasaram) … 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 directions or orders or writ in the nature of mandamus to the respondents to quash the order of Mukhiya of Balthari Panchayat Kochas Rohtas dated 23.5.2007 by which Mukhiya has appointed Sunita Kumari as Anganwari Sevika of Narayanpur Anganbari Centre having 56.40% marks ignoring the claim of the petitioner who has 61.42% marks 5% higher marks than the appointed candidate for Anganwari Sevika of Narayanpur Anganwari Centre and to quash the entire proceeding of 2 23.5.2007 as none of the directions of director dated 3.10.2006 was followed in selection of Sevika Anganbari.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that the two representations for the same relief were filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Rohtas 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 Rohtas District to dispose of the representations of the petitioner, as contained in Annexures 7 series, by a reasoned order within the time frame now prescribed by the State Government in the 3 latest circular dated 10.12.2009, of course after affording opportunity of hearing to the petitioner as also representative of concerned Gram Panchayat and the selected candidate namely Sunita Kumari who has not been made party to this writ application. 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/