IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18908 of 2011 1.Pinki Kumari daughter of Kailash Pandey, resident of 19 S & C OT Para, Railway Colony near Gaushala Ramsabha Gate Ward No. 40 Katihar Police Station- Katihar, District- Katihar, Pin Code 854105. 2. Usha Devi, daughter of Ram Lakhan Paswan, resident of Mohalla Durgapur, Gaushala Chowk, Police Station- Katihar, District- Katihar. 3. Soni Kumari, daughter of Late Bhola Poddar, resident of village- Rampur, Post Office- Dalan, Police Station- Katihar Muffasil, District- Katihar. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Director General of Home Guard, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Katihar. 4. The Commandant, Home Guard, Katihar. 5. The Superintendent of Police, Katihar. 6. The District Welfare Officer, Katihar. ---------------------------------- 2. 25.10.2011 Heard Learned counsel for the petitioners, A.C. to G.A. 9 for the respondents. The petitioners are aggrieved by non inclusion of their names in the list prepared for Woman Home Guard in the District of Katihar in terms of Advertisement No. 1 of 2009. Learned counsel submits that the minimum height was 153 c.m. and the petitioners are having height much beyond the minimum requirement. He further submits that persons who are below such minimum required height have also been included in the list but the petitioners have not been included. He further submits that the petitioners are fulfilling all other eligibility criteria required for such inclusion in the list and there is nothing adverse against 2 them. He further submits that the authority does not have the power to reject the petitioners and eligible persons cannot be excluded from such list. In view of the specific averments made by the petitioners in the writ petition this Court finds it expedient to remit the matter to the respondent no. 3 who shall look into the matter and ensure that the petitioners are not discriminated against in preparing the list if they satisfy all the other requirements as per the relevant rules. The District Magistrate, Katihar shall also ensure that the list does not contain names of persons who admittedly do not fulfil the minimum criteria. Let the exercise be completed by the District Magistrate, Katihar as expeditiously as possible and latest within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order upon him. It shall be open to the District Magistrate to reverify the facts by getting such verification done including that of measurement of height. With the aforementioned directions the writ petition stands disposed off. Anand Kr. (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)