Petitioner contesting non-issuance of appointment as Anganwari Sevika was directed to exhaust alternative remedy available under guidelines, with order to be disposed by District Programme Officer within four weeks.
Petitioner directed to exhaust alternative remedy before District Programme Officer; grievance to be disposed within four weeks.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2049 of 2016
====================================================== Archna Kumari, Wife of Sanjeev Kumar, Resident of Village- Sumahuti, Gram Panchayat- Salempur, Block- Tariyani, District- Sheohar.
.... .... Petitioner
Versus
.... .... Respondents
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Devendra Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Ms. Vijaya Laxmi Srivastava, AC to SC-23
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER
The grievance of the petitioner is that although she has been selected as Anganwari Sevika, Gram Panchayat Raj, Salempur, Ward No.10, Tariyani Block in the district of Sheohar but no appointment letter has been issued.
The guidelines on the issue regulating service of Anganwari Sevika do confirm that any party aggrieved by any selection process has a remedy before the District Programme Officer concerned and the petitioner without exhausting the alternative remedy has rushed to this Court.
The writ petition is accordingly disposed of permitting
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the petitioner to exhaust the alternative remedy so available to her under the guidelines and it goes without saying that any such grievance raised by the petitioner within a fortnight from today shall be considered and disposed of by the District Programme Officer in accordance with law and after hearing the contesting parties expeditiously and preferably within four weeks of its filing.
Surendra/-
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioner can approach the Court without exhausting the alternative remedy available under the guidelines for grievance in selection process as an Anganwari Sevika.
What is the time limit within which the District Programme Officer must dispose of the grievance raised by the petitioner?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Archna Kumari
The State of Bihar
The Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna
The Director, Integral Child Development, Scheme Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna
The Deputy Director, Social Welfare Department, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur
The District Magistrate, Sheohar
Jyoti Saran
As recorded by the court registry
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