IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13122 of 2007 PHOOL KUMARI DEVI, wife of Bimal Kishore Sah, resident of village Bakhri, Police Station Sour Bazar, District- Saharsa…. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Chief Secretary, Old Secretariate, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Commissioner, Koshi Division, Saharsa. 4. The District Magistrate, Saharsa. 5. The District Welfare Officer, Saharsa. 6. The Block Development Officer, Sour Bazar, District Saharsa. 7. The Child Development Project Officer, Sour Bazar, District Saharsa. 8. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Sahuria (West), Police Station Sour Bazar, District Saharsa. 9. The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Sahuria (West) Police Station Sour Bazar, District Saharsa. 10. Asha Rani, wife of Navin Kumar, Resident of Sahuria (west), Police Station Sour Bazar, District 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 no. 10 on the post of Anganwari Sevika in Sahuria (West) Gram Panchayat at Mehta Tola (East) Centre of Sour Bazar Block in the District of Saharsa. ii) For direction upon the respondents to appoint the petitioner after cancellation of the appointment of the respondent no. 10, after completing a fresh selection process in accordance with law as the selection of the respondent no. 10 has been done 2 illegally without following the due procedure. (iv) for restraining the respondent no. 10 from functioning as Angan Bari 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 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 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 3 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.)