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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 11100/2026

Smt. Kamla Jat W/o Shri Balu Lal Jat, Aged About 41 Years,

Resident Of Jaisinghpura, Tehsil Gangrar, District Chittorgarh At

Present Kuratiya, Tehsil Gangrar, District Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.

----Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through The Director, Integrated

Child Development Services, Government Of Rajasthan,

Jaipur, Rajasthan.

2. The Child Development Project Officer, Integrated Child

Development Services, Gangrar, District Chittorgarh,

Rajasthan.

3. The District Collector, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.

4. The Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad Chittorgarh,

District Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Manish Patel

For Respondent(s) : --

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR

Order

20/05/2026

1. By way of filing the present writ petition, the petitioner has

prayed for the following reliefs-

“(i) The Order dated 01.05.2026 (Annex.-1) may kindly be

quashed and set aside.

(ii) The State authority may be directed to continue the services

of the petitioner on the post of Anganwari Worker at Anganwari

Kendra Jainsinghpura, Gram Panchayat Budh, Gangrar, District

Chittorgarh.

(iii) The Petitioner may kindly be permitted to join back his

previous place of posting.

(iv) Any other appropriate writ, order or directions which this

Hon'ble Court may deem just and proper in the facts and

circumstances of the case may kindly be passed in favour of the

Petitioner.

(v) Writ Petition filed by the Petitioner may kindly be allowed with

costs.”

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2. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and upon

perusal of the material available on record, this Court finds that

the petitioner, who is holding the post of Anganwadi Worker at

Anganwadi Centre Jaisinghpura, Gram Panchayat Budh, Project

Gangrar, has preferred the present writ petition being aggrieved

by the order dated 01.05.2026 (Annexure-1) issued by

respondent No.2 – Child Development Project Officer, Integrated

Child Development Services, Gangrar, District Chittorgarh.

3. By the aforesaid order, respondent No.2 has terminated the

services of the petitioner on the allegation that she had sold

certain gates, windows and other articles belonging to

Government Upper Primary School, Jaisinghpura. Learned counsel

for the petitioner submits that before terminating her services,

respondent No.2 neither conducted nor held any inquiry in the

matter as contemplated under Clause 9(6) of the Circular dated

12.01.2023 issued by the Child Development Department, Jaipur,

governing the terms and conditions relating to engagement and

removal of Anganwadi Workers.

4. This Court, upon careful perusal of the Circular dated

12.01.2023 issued by the Child Development Department, Jaipur,

finds that against an order of termination, the petitioner has a

remedy of filing an appeal before the competent authority. The

said Circular further provides that till the appeal preferred by the

petitioner before the competent authority is decided, no fresh

appointment shall be made against the post of Anganwadi Worker

held by her.

5. In that view of the matter, this Court deems it just and

proper to dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to

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the petitioner to file an appeal against the impugned order of

termination dated 01.05.2026 (Annexure-1) issued by the Child

Development Project Officer, Integrated Child Development

Services, Gangrar, District Chittorgarh before the competent

authority within a period of seven days from today.

6. In case such an appeal is preferred by the petitioner, it is

expected that the competent authority/Appellate Authority shall

consider and decide the same objectively and expeditiously,

preferably within a period of thirty days from the date of f