IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13624 of 2007 NILAM KUMARI, W/O LATE SATYA NARAIN PRASAD YADAV, R/O VILL. JOURI UNDER CHANDRAYAN PANCHAYAT, POLICE STATION NAUHATTA, DIST. SAHARSA. ----- PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY OLD SECRETARY, OLD SECRETARIATE, BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE SECRETARY, WELFARE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3. THE COMMISSIONER, KOSHI DEVISION, SAHARSA. 4. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, SAHARSA. 5. THE DISTRICT WELFARE OFFICER, SAHARSA. 6. THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, NAUHATTA BLOCK, DIST. SAHARSA. 7. THE CHILD DEVELOMENT PROJECT OFFICER, NAUHATTA DIST. SAHARSA. 8. THE MUKHIYA, GRAM PANCHAYAT CHANDRAYAN, POLICE STATION NAUHATTA, DIST. SAHARSA. 9. THE PANCHAYAT SECRETARY, GRAM PANCHAYAT CHANDRAYAN, POLICE STATION NAUHATTA, DIST. SAHARSA. 10. SHILPI KUMARI, WIFE OF JITENDRA PRASAD YADAV, DAUGHTER OF ANNDEO PRASAD YADAV, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE JOURI UNDER CHANDRAYAN GRAM PANCHAYAT, POLICE STATION NAUHATTA, DIST. SAHARSA. ---- 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:- “(i) For issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to cancel the selection of the respondent 2 No.10 on the post of Angan Bari Sevika in Chandrayan Panchayat at Jouri Village of Nauhatta Block in the District of Saharsa. (ii) For further direction upon the respondents to appoint the petitioner after cancellation of the selection of the respondent No.10 after completing a fresh selection process of the respondent No.10 has been done illegally without following the due procedure.” 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 Saharsa 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 3 Saharsa District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure-2 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.10 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. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)