IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15730 of 2007 RASHMI KUMARI, wife of Sri Girish Kumar Singh, resident of village Tegachi, P.S. Chautham, District Khagaria … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Commissioner and Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Director, Social Welfare, I.C.D.S. Directorate, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The District Collector, Khagaria 5. The District Welfare Officer, Khagaria 6. Sub-divisional Officer, Chautham 7. Child Development Project Officer, Chautham, District Khagaria 8. The Mukhia, Gram Panchayat Madhya Borne, P.S. Chautham, District Khagaria 9. Dolly Kumari, wife of Pappu Kumar Singh, resident of village Tegachi, P.s. Chautham, District Khagaria … 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) To issue a direction order or writ including a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to issue selection/ appointment letter in favour of the petitioner selecting/ appointing her on the post of Anganbari Sevika of Anganwari Centre at village Tegachi under Madhya Borne Panchayat of Chautham Block in the district of Khagaria after setting aside the illegal selection of respondent no.9 on the said post of Anganbari Centre at village Tegachi 2 in the district of Khagaria. (ii) To issue a direction order or writ including a writ in the nature of certiorari setting aside the appointment of respondent no.9 to post of Anganbari Sevika in the facts and circumstances of the case.” 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 Khagaria 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 Khagaria District to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, as 3 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. 9 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/