IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1484 of 2017 ======================================================

Mira Devi, Wife of Anil Yadav, Resident of Village- Nimuya, P.S. Majhagarh, District- Gopalganj.

... ... Petitioner/s Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Social Welfare Department, Govt.

of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Director, I.C.D.S. Bihar, Patna.

3. The Collector, Gopalganj.

4. The District Programme Officer, I.C.D.S. Gopalganj

5. The Child Development Project Officer, Majhagarh, District-Gopalganj

6. Indu Kumari @ Indu Devi, Wife of Ravindra Yadav Resident of Village and P.O. Nimuiya, P.S. Majhagarh, District-Gopalganj.

7. The Bihar School Examination Board, Patna through its Secretary. 8. The Deputy Secretary (Vigilance) Bihar Examination Board, Patna ... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Md. Anisur Rahman, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sunil Kr. Mandal, SC-3 Mr. Arjun Prasad, AC to SC-3 For the Resp. No.6 : Mr. Nagendra Rai, Advocate Mr. Navin Nikunj, Advocate For the Resp. Nos.7&8 : Ms. Surya Nilambari, Advocate ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY

ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 19-01-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned SC-3 for the State, learned counsel for the private respondent no.6 and learned counsel for the Bihar School Examination Board (‘BSEB’ in short).

2. The petitioner has filed the instant application for the following reliefs :-

“A. For issuance of appropriate writ/order or direction quashing the order dated 24.5.2016 passed in Anganbari Appeal no. 6/15 by the Collector, Gopalganj by which the appeal filed by the petitioner has been dismissed and the order dated 27.11.2015 (Communicated through Memo no. 1255 dated 30.11.2015) by the respondent no. 4 has been affirmed as contained Annexure-13 to this writ application.

B. For issuance of appropriate writ/order or direction quashing on dated 27.11.2015 and communicated through Memo no. 1255 dated 30.11.2015 by the Respondent no. 4 by which the application filed by the Respondent no. 6 against the selection of the petitioner as Angabari Sevika has been allowed and the selection of the petitioner as Anganbari Sevika at the said Centre has been cancelled as contained in Annexure-13 to this writ application.

C. For issuance of appropriate writ/order or direction commanding the Respondents authorities to engage/select the petitioner as Anganbari Sevika at Centre no. 207 of Nimuya Bhrigun Rai ka Tola in village Nimuiya P.S. Majhagarh, District- Gopalganj after removing the Respondent no. 6.

D. For any other relief or reliefs for which the petitioner is found entitled in the opinion of this Hon’ble court.”

3. The case of the petitioner in brief is that in the process of selection of Anganwadi Sevika for Centre no.207, Nimuiya Bhrigun Rai ka Tola in gram panchayat Nimuiya, Block-Majhagarh in the district of Gopalganj, applications were invited in the year 2012, however the selection process was postponed. Once again, applications were invited for appointment of Anganwadi Sevika in the year 2015 pursuant to which the petitioner, respondent no.6 as also one Rina Devi applied. Rina Devi belonging to the EBC category while the anganwadi centre relating to the BC category, her application was not considered.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for the petitioner that pursuant to the applications invited in the year 2012, the respondent no.6 had submitted her matriculation mark-sheet wherein she had secured 200/500 marks. However, on fresh applications having been invited in the year 2014, the mark-sheet submitted by respondent no.6 showed that she had secured 290/500. Pursuant to complaints filed by the petitioner, a report with respect to genuineness of the mark-sheet was obtained from the BSEB and it transpired that the mark-sheet showing the respondent no.6 to have obtained 290/500 ma