IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13746 of 2007 Rubina Khatoon, Wife of Md. Hafij Ansari, Resident of Village Mahisam, P.O. and P.S. Madhepur, District Madhubani. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Welfare, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Madhubani. 4. District Welfare Officer, Madhubani, District Madhubani. 5. The Block Development Officer, Madhepur, District Madhubani. 6. The Child Development Project Officer, Madhepur, District Madhubani. 7. The Supervisor under the Child Development Project Scheme, Madhepur, District Madhubani. 8. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Ram-Mahisam, P.S. Madhepur, District Madhubani. 9. Rehana Begum, Wfie of Md. Jabbar Ansari, Resident of Village Mahisam, P.O. and P.S. Madhepur, District Madhubani. ------- 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:- “1. That this writ application is being filed for issuance of appropriate writ/writs, order or orders in the nature of mandamus for directing and commanding the respondents to remove the respondent no.9 from the post of Sevika from Gram Panchayat Raj, Mahisam, P.S. Madhepur, District Madhubani as she was appointed without following any procedure for appointment vis-à-vis she was possessing lowest marks from the petitioner that too on extraneous consideration and further for a direction to the respondents 2 particularly the respondent no. 5, 6, 7 and 8 to appoint the petitioner on the post of Seweka at Centre No.37 Ward No.36 at Gram Panchayat Raj, Mahisam, P.S. Madhepur, District Madhubani for the ends of justice and equity and further for any other appropriate relief or relief for which the petitioner is entitled in the facts and circumstances of this case.” With reference to the aforementioned relief, counsel for the petitioner would submit that two representations for the same relief were filed by the petitioner before the Collector of Madhubani 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 representations 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 Madhubani District to dispose of the representations of 3 the petitioner as contained in Annexure-3 and 6 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 along with a copy of her earlier representations before the Collector of the district. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)