IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13089 of 2007 SMT.GITA DEVI wife of Talkeshwar Kumar resident of village Mahatpur, Post Office Dhanar via Dhamaul, Police Station Chandradeep, District Jamui. … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Commissioner, Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Integrated Child Development. 4. The District Magistrate, Jamui. 5. The Child Development Project Officer, Islamnagar, District Jamui. 6. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Mahatpur, P.S. Chandradeep, District Jamui. 7. Smt. Shakuntala Kumari @ Shakuntala Devi daughter of Rambaran Thakur resident of village Chhabail, Post Mahapur, Police Station Kauakol, District Nawada, wife of Bindo Kumar Sharma resident of village Mahatpur, Post Office Dhanar via Dhamaul, District Jamui. … 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 is an application praying for issuance of an appropriate writ, or order declaring the entire act of selection of respondent no. 7 on the post of Anganbari Sevika on Mahatpur Kendra having no. 4 as arbitrary, viod-ab- initio, actuated with malice and illegal besides being in violation of rules and circulars issued by the government, and, further for issuance of appropriate writ or order or direction directing and commanding the respondents Mukhiya, Panchayat Sevak and C.D.P.O., not to issue letter of appointment to the Private party 2 respondent till the final adjudication by this Hon’ble Court or in case the same is issued the amount paid to her be directed to be recovered from the pocket with penal rate of interest from the person issuing such letter of appointment and to appoint the petitioner on the post of Anganbari Sevika.” 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 Jamui 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 Jamui District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as contained 3 in Annexure- 5 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, 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.)