IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11899 of 2007 Usha Kumari, Wife of Sri Rajnandan Prasad, Resident of Village Dhopatthal, P.S. Sirdala, Distt. Nawada. ---------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Director, Department of Social Welfare, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Nawada. 4. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Nawada. 5. The District Welfare Officer, Nawada. 6. The District Child Development Project Officer, Nawada. 7. The Block Development Officer, Sirdall, Distt. Nawada. 8. The Mukhiya, Chaukia Panchayat, Sirdalla Block, Distt. Nawada. 9. Sumitra Devi, Wife of Sri Umesh Prasad, Resident of Village Begeswari, P.S. Sirdalla, Distt. Nawada. ------- Respondents ----------- 2 17.12.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “1.A For issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus appointing the petitioner as Anganbari Sevika for serving Kendra Tand Anganbari Kendra which falls in Chaukia village panchayat in the Sirdalla Block of Nawada district.” Learned counsel for the petitioner with reference to the aforementioned relief would submit that the petitioner had filed his representation by way of miscellaneous case on 15.5.2007 but, no order thereon had been passed by the Collector of the district for almost four months, whereafter, the present 2 writ application was filed on 12.9.2007. In the opinion of this Court, the Collector, being the prescribed authority to look into any sort of alleged anomaly in the selection/appointment on the post of Anganbari Sevika, the Collector, in capacity of prescribed authority, cannot avoid his duty. That being so, this Court would direct the Collector of the Nawada district to pass an appropriate order within the time frame now fixed by the Government Circular dated 10.12.2009. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)