IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15229 of 2011 Sangeeta Kumari wife of Rajesh Kumar, resident of Village- Singhpur, P.S.-Dmariya, District-Gaya. ........Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya. 3. The District Magistrate, Gaya. 4. The District Programme Officer, Gaya. 5. The Child Development Project Officer, Dumariya, Gaya. 6. The Block Development Officer, Dumariya, Gayua. 7. The Mukhiya, Village Panchayat, Singhpur, Duariya, Gaya. .......Respondents ----------- 02 24.10.2011 From a reading of the writ application, especially Annexure- 8, the order of the District Magistrate, Gaya as well as the Divisional Commissioner, Gaya it is evident that selection on the post of ‘Anganwari Sewika’ for the centre in question was to be made from a candidate belonging to the Scheduled Castes, as the predominant population of that centre consists of Scheduled Castes. Obviously things have been manipulated to show that there were no claimants from that community available for that centre and, therefore, petitioner came to be selected or appointed. The Divisional Commissioner has remanded the matter to the District Magistrate, Gaya for carrying out a revised mapping and selection afresh. Whether an exercise for mapping is required to be carried out or not is not for this Court to record or declare, but this Court would surely not like to interfere to the extent that a fresh exercise for selection on the post of ‘Anganwari Sewika’ for the centre in question would be required to be carried out. In the opinion of this Court, petitioner seems to have been accommodated by making an 2 appointment even though she does not belong to the Scheduled Castes category on a vague ground there were no claimants from that community. The Court cannot be unmindful of the fact that in large number of cases, claim of the Scheduled Castes candidates are being usurped by other candidates who do not belong to that community on the specious plea that no body from the Scheduled Castes category has turned up to lodge a claim, which is unbelievable, especially when there so much of litigation against appointments at each and every centre, which is carried out in this State, more so when appointments have become more lucrative over the years. Writ is dismissed with a direction upon the District Magistrate, Gaya to ensure that a fresh selection with widest publicity is done by following procedure laid down in this regard. Safik (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)