IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16565 of 2007 SHARFUN NISA NAZEENI, wife of Md. Julphekar, resident of village Bhavprasad, P.O. Parma Nandpur, P.S. Dumra, District Sitamarhi … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, through the Commissioner cum Secretary, Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Director, Social Welfare Directorate, Indira Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Sitamarhi 4. The Block Development Officer, Dumra, Sitamarhi 5. The Child Development Officer (C.D.P.O.), Dumar, Sitamarhi 6. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj Harichapra, P.S. Dumra, P.O. Parmo Nandpur, District Sitamarhi 7. The Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj Harichapra, P.S. Dumra, P.O. Parma nandpur, District Sitamarhi 8. Smt. Sail Devi, wife of Sri Vijay Kumar, resident of village Bhauprasad, P.O. Parmanandpur, P.S. Dumra, District Sitamarhi … 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: “(i) For issuance of a writ of mandamus or any other writ or writs, direction or directions, commanding upon the respondent authorities to quash the appointment of respondent no.8, namely, Smt. Sail Devi appointed against post of Aanganbari Sevika at Aaganbari Centre No. 53, under Gram Panchayat Raj Harichapra, P.S. Dumra, Block Dumra, District Sitamarhi, who has been illegally appointed by the concerned 2 respondents no. 6 and 7 without following the procedure regarding appointment of the Aanganbari Sevika ignoring the better claim of the petitioner belonging from Minority class a Muslim lady. (ii) For a direction to the respondents to appoint the petitioner being member of minority class, a Muslim lady at Bahu of village on the post of Aanganbari Sevika of Aanganbari Centre No. 53 under Gram Panchayat Raj Hari Chapra, Block and P.S. Dumra, in the district Sitamarhi.” 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 Sitamarhi 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 3 petitioner for this purpose ought to have been disposed of. That having not been done, this Court would direct the Collector of Sitamarhi District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure 3, 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. 8 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/