IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11831 of 2007 Bharati Devi, Wife of Shri Nagendra Rai, Resident of Village Rampur Bairagi, P.S. Bettiah Mofassil, District West Champaran. ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Director, Panchayat Raj, Bihar, Patna. 3. District Magistrate, West Champaran, Bettiah. 4. Deputy Development Commissioner, West Champaran, Bettiah. 5. Block Development Officer, Majhaulia, West Champaran. 6. Child Development Project Officer, West Champaran, Bettiah. 7. Kamaldeo Prasad, Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Vishambharpur, P.S. Bettiah, District West Champaran. 8. Paras Sah, Panchayat Sachiv, Gram Panchayat Raj, Vishambharpur, P.S. Bettiah Mofassil, District West Champaran. 9. Anshu Rai, Wife of Shashi Ranjan Rai, Resident of Village Rampur Bairagi, P.S. Majhaulia, District West Champaran. ------ Respondents ----------- 2 17.12.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “1. That this is an application for issuance of writ/order/direction, particularly, in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondents authorities to appoint the petitioner on the post of Aangan Badi Sevika in place of respondent no.9, who appears to have been selected on the said post by adopting great irregularities in selection process.” Learned counsel for the petitioner with reference to the aforementioned relief would draw attention of this Court towards the 2 representation filed by the petitioner dated 14.6.2007 and would submit that despite the fact that the Collector of the district is the prescribed authority for deciding such questions relating to any flaw in the selection/appointment on the post of Anganbari Sevika, no order has been passed in the case of the petitioner and that is how, he has to file this writ application on 11.9.2007. Though, a counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents but the statement contained in paragraph no.9 of this writ application as with regard to filing and pendency of the representation of the petitioner before the District Magistrate has not been denied. In that view of the matter, this Court would direct the District Magistrate, West Champaran, Bettiah to dispose of the aforementioned representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-5/1 dated 14.6.2007 within the time limit now fixed by the State Government in its Circular dated 10.12.2009 of-course after giving opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, the respondent 3 no.9 and the representative of the concerned Gram Panchayat. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)