IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16555 of 2007 RAGINI KUMARI, Ramesh Kumar Pandey, resident of village Bhatwaliya, Pandey Tola, P.O. Bhatwaliya, P.S. Sangrampur, District East Champaran … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through its Secretary, Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Director, Department of Welfare, Bihar, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari 4. The District Welfare Officer, East Champaran, Motihari 5. The Child Development Project Officer, Sangrampur, East Champaran, Motihari 6. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj Bhatwaliya, P.S. Sangrampur, East Champaran, Motihari 7. The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Bhatwaliya, P.S. Sangrampur, East Champaran, Motihari … 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 application is being filed for issuance of a writ preferably in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondents concerned to consider the case of the petitioner for her appointment as Anganwari Sahayika/ Sevika under Gram Panchayat Raj Bhatwaliya of East Champaran District who is the most suitable candidate and ignoring her valid claim others candidates have been appointed illegally at the instance 2 of the present Mukhiya and Panchayat Secretary in collusion with other respondents.” 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 East Champaran 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 East Champaran 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 3 opportunity of hearing to the petitioner 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/