IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13473 of 2007 Sheomangali Kumari, Wife of Sri Radhe Shyam Singh, Resident of Village Meura, P.O. Doiyan, P.S. Kochas, District Rohtas. ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Social Welfare Department, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna. 5. The Deputy Director, Social Welfare Department, Patna Division, Patna. 6. The District Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram. 7. The Child Development Project Officer, Kochas District- Rohtas. 8. The District Welfare Officer Rohtas at Sasaram. 9. The S.D.O., Sasaram, District Rohtas. 10. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Rohtas at Sasaram. 11. Smt. Hiramuni Devi, Wife of Sri Daya Shankar Singh, The Mukhiya Gram Panchayat Knajar, P.s. Kochas, District Rohtas. 12. Smt. Kumari Lila, Wife of Satyendra Singh, Resident of Village Meura, P.O. Doiyan, P.S. Kochas, District Rohtas. -------- 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 the petitioner craves indulgence of this Hon’ble Court for issuance of an appropriate Writ in the nature of mandamus or any other writ/writs, Command/Commands, order/orders directing the respondent No.6 to pass a speaking order with a direction to respondent no.11 to select the petitioner on the post of Anganbari Sahayika after canceling the Selection of Respondent no.12 within a specified period.” 2 With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that representation for the same relief was 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 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 Rohtas District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-4 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. 12 as also representative of concerned gram panchayat. 3 In order to expedite the matter, 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.)