IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2741 of 2010 Date of Decision : February 17, 2010. Kiran Devi .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.S.Manhas, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner impugns the selection and appointment of respondent No.7 as an Anganwari Worker of village Muthi, Block Bamial, District Gurdaspur. Two fold attack has been made on the selection and appointment of the 7th respondent. Firstly, it is claimed that the petitioner possesses 10+2 academic qualification with two diplomas, namely, one as a Pre-primary Teacher Education and the other as Midwifery (dai), as against the qualification of graduation possessed by respondent No.7 and C.W.P.No .2741 of 2010 2 therefore, the petitioner has a superior claim in terms of the guidelines laid down by the State Government. Secondly, it is alleged that the post in Village Muthi, District Gurdaspur is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidate as there was a `special column' in the Form and notwithstanding the petitioner being from that reserved category, respondent No.7 who is of General Category, has been appointed. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I do not find any merit so far as the first contention is concerned. In the context of the nature of the duties to be performed by an Anganwari Worker, the qualification possessed by the petitioner in no way is better and superior then that of respondent No.7. However, if the second plea taken by the petitioner was to be correct, then a candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste category only can be appointed against the subjected-post. This claim appears to have raised by the petitioner vide representation dated 2.12.2009 (Annexure P-8) sent to the Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur with copies thereof to various other authorities. Since the plea taken by the petitioner is founded upon a factual assertion, it is imperative upon the respondent-authorities to verify and take a decision as per the law and Government Policy. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 4 to look into the claim of the petitioner contained in her representation dated 2.12.2009 (Annexure P-8) to the effect that the post of Anganwari Worker in question is reserved for Scheduled Caste Category and if the same is found correct, to take appropriate action in accordance with law as C.W.P.No .2741 of 2010 3 early as possible, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. 17-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE