IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14904 of 2007 RENU DEVI @ RENU KUMARI, wife of Brij Bihari Singh, resident of village Deewan Ke Barka Gaon, Gram Panchayat Raj Barkagaon, P.S. Shikraul, District Buxar … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Director indicated Child Development Scheme Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The District Magistrate, Buxar 5. The District Development Commissioner, buxar 6. The District Welfare Officer, Buxar 7. The District Programme Officer, Buxar 8. The Child Development Project Officer, Itarhi Block Itarhi, District Buxar 9. The Selection Committee (Anganbari Centre Barkagaon Pachchimtola) Gram Panchayat Raj Barkagaon, Block Itarhi through its president the Child Development Project Officer, Itarhi, P.S. Sikraul, District Buxar 10. The Block Development Officer, Itarhi in the capacity of Executive Officer, Gram Panchayat Raj Barkagaon, Block Itarhi, District Buxar 11. The Gram Panchayat Raj Barkagaon through its Mukhiya Gram Panchayat Raj Barkagaon, Block Itarhi, District Buxar 12. Rina Kumari, wife of Mritunjay Kumar Singh, resident of village Deewan Ke Barkagaon, P.S. Sukraul, District Buxar … Respondents. ----------- 2. 18.12.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows: “This is an application for the issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent authorities to quash the selection and appointment of respondent no.12 and further for 2 selection and appointment of the petitioner as Anganwari Sewika in the Anganwari Centre concerned. With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that a representation for the same relief was filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Buxar 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 Anganwari 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 Buxar District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure 6, 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 3 opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, respondent no. 12 as also representative of concerned Gram Panchayat. In order to expedite the matter, this Court would also direct the petitioner to produce this order alongwith a copy of her earlier representation before the Collector of the District. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/