IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11623 of 2007 RINKU DEVI, w/o Sri Ratnesh Thakur, resident of village- Ashadharpur, P. O. Thathan, P. S. Hajipur Sadar, District Vaishali…. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The District Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Vaishali at Hajipur 4. The Child Development Project Officer, Vaishali at Hajipur. 5. The District Welfare Officer, Vaishali at Hajipur. 6. Mukhiya, Gram Panchyat Raj Thathan Bujurg, P. S. Hajipur, District Vaishali. 7. Lalita Kumari, w/o Sri Shyam Bahadur Kumar, resident of village & P. O. Thathan Bujurg, P. S. Hajipur Sadar, District Vaishali.. … 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 this application is being filed for issuing appropriate writ/writs commanding the respondents to produce the order dated 12.3.2007 by which the respondent no. 7 has been selected as Anganbari Sevika and accordingly the same should be quashed. The petitioner also prays that after quashing of the impugned order dated 12.3.07 the case of the petitioner should be considered for selection/appointment as Anganbari Sevika of ward No. 11 of the Gram Panchayat Raj Thathan Bujurg in the District of Vaishali at Hajipur being sole eligible candidate for the same.” With reference to the aforementioned 2 relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that two representations for the same relief were filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Vaishali 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 representations 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 Vaishali District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-6 and 7 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. 7 as also representative of concerned gram panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, 3 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. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)