IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14428 of 2007 Prem Kumari, Wife of Dinesh Yadav, Resident of Village + P.O. Bhawanipur, P.S. Gopalpur, District Bhagalpur. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through its Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Director, Department of Rural Development, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Panchayat Raj, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Divisional Commissioner, Bhagalpur. 5. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur. 6. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division, Bhagalpur. 7. The Block Development Officer, Block Rangra Chowk, District Bhagalpur. 8. The Block Education Extension Officer, Block Rangra Chowk, District Bhagalpur. 9. The Child Development Project Officer, Block Rangra Chowk, District Bhagalpur. 10. The Mukhia, Gram Panchayat Raj Bhawanipur, Block Rangra Chowk, District Bhagalpur. 11. The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Bhawanipur, Block-Rangra Chowk, District Bhagalpur. ------- 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 abovenamed craves indulgenced of this Hon’ble Court for issuance of a writ preferably in the nature of Mandamus Commanding and directing the Respondents concerned to allow the petitioner to undergo training for Anganwari Sevika and join her post as the petitioner has been duly selected for the 2 aforementioned post at Sharma Tola Centre of Bhawanipur Gram Panchayat of Bhagalpur District by holding an Aam Sabha, but subsequently due to some illegal gratification some other candidate has been given appointment. And/or any other relief or relies for which the petitioner is found entitled to in the facts and circumstances of this case.” 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 Bhagalpur 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 Bhagalpur 3 District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-3 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, as also representative of concerned gram panchayat. 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.)