Swapna Rani Gouda v. Collector, Ganjam
Case brief
What is this about?
WP(C) No. 2839 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, Justice Sashikanta Mishra, order dated 03.02.2025. Petitioners (Swapna Rani Gouda & Anr., through S.D.Tripathy) challenged selection of Opposite Party No.5 as Anganwadi Worker by selection committee meeting dated 08.01.2025 (Collector, Ganjam & Ors.; AGA for opposite parties), claiming wrongful exclusion from the service area. Merits not decided; disposal with liberty to pursue statutory appellate route under revised guidelines dated 15.03.2023 (first appeal to ADM, second appeal to RDC), two-week window, hearing guaranteed, selection committee meeting kept in abeyance pending appeal, interim relief available from Appellate Authority. Keywords: Anganwadi Worker selection, service area objection, ADM first appeal, RDC second appeal, revised guidelines 15.03.2023, abeyance of selection, Ganjam.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to prefer appeal before the Appellate Authority within two weeks; any timely appeal to be heard and disposed of in accordance with law; selection committee meeting dated 08.01.2025 kept in abeyance till filing of appeal, with liberty to seek interim relief from the Appellate Authority; urgent certified copy as per rules.