HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.4062 of 2005 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the proceedings in Rc.No.20/2003 dated 26/02/2003 issued by the second respondent purported to have been issued as per the proceedings in Rc.No.120/2002 dated 25/02/2003 of the third respondent as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to suspend the said proceedings of the second respondent and to direct the respondents to pay salary to the petitioner from 26/02/2003 till date. The petitioner appears to have been appointed as Anganwadi worker after being subjected to due selection process by proceedings No.20/2002 dated 01/02/2003 issued by the second respondent and she has joined duty and worked up to 26/02/2003. On that day, the second respondent issued proceedings whereby her services were discontinued from the post of Anganwadi worker on the ground that there is a law and order problem prevailing in Kotipalli village and thus all the candidates of Kotipalli Anganwadi Centre have been stopped. It appears that the main controversy raised by some villagers was that the petitioner was not the resident of Kotipalli village, therefore, she is not entitled for being appointed as Anganwadi worker of the said village. But from the counter filed by the respondents, it is clear that based on the complaint lodged by one Smt.Dhanalakshmi, the Revenue Divisional Officer, Srikakulam, personally conducted enquiry about the dispute on the nativity of the petitioner (G.Latha) and confirmed the nativity of the petitioner as Kotipalli. However, it is said that the proceedings appointing the petitioner was kept in abeyance until normalcy is restored in the village. It is unfortunate that though the Revenue Divisional Officer enquired into the matter and found that the petitioner is native of Kotipalli village, her appointment was continuously kept in abeyance and she was not allowed to function as Anganwadi worker. It is not the case of the respondent that the law and order problem is continuing as of today. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, of course, there was some commotion for a period of ten days in the village immediately after her appointment. There was no such commotion as of today. The enquiry was completed by the Revenue Divisional Officer and he found that the petitioner is the native of Kotipalli village. Under those circumstances, I am of the opinion, that the order passed on 26/02/2003 cannot be continued and the petitioner cannot be denied of her appointment and working as an Anganwadi worker of Kotipalli village. Therefore, the Writ Petition is allowed and the respondents are directed to permit the petitioner to work as Anganwadi worker of Kotipalli village forthwith. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 16th April, 2010 SKM