-1- 2025:CGHC:28495 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3457 of 2018 Smt. Manjeeta Vishwakarma W/o Vijay Kumar Vishwakarma Aged About 33 Years R/o Village Kusmusi, Tahsil Bhaiyathan, District Surajpur Chhattisgarh., District : Surajpur, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development Mahanadi Bhawan Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh. 2 - The Commissioner Surguja Division, District Surguja Chhattisgarh. 3 - The Collector , Surajpur District Surajpur Chhattisgarh. 4 - The Project Officer , Integrated Child Development Project , Bhaiyathan (Chandramedha ) District Surajpur Chhattisgarh. 5 - The Chief Executive Officer , Janpad Panchayat Bhaiyathan, District Surajpur Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kumar Shukla, Advocate For State : Mr. Lav Sharma, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 27.06.2025 1) The petitioner has filed this petition seeking the following relief(s):- “10.1. This Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus / certiorari or of like nature Digitally signed by NADIM MOHLE -2- to direct the respondents to prepare a fresh merit list mentioning the name of present petitioner in Sl. No.1 in eligibility sequence. 10.2. That, a command / direction may kindly be issued to call for the entire records pertaining to the case of the petitioner and appropriate direction may kindly be issued to prepare the new merit and select list in pursuance of the order of the Collector dated 28/05/2014.” 2) The present petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondents to prepare a correct and amended evaluation/merit list of candidates for the post of Anganwadi Worker at Anganwadi Center, Kusmusi, which has not been prepared despite a specific order passed by the Collector dated 28.05.2014. 3) Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner was initially appointed as a Mini Anganwadi Worker at Anganwadi Center, Village Panchayat Kusumi, Tehsil Bhaiyathan, District Surajpur, on 02.06.2011. He further submits that the appointment of the petitioner was cancelled vide order dated 28.05.2014, by the Collector, and a direction was issued to issue an amended list of candidates. It is further submitted that the order passed by the Collector was affirmed by Commissioner as well as by this Court; thus, he would pray that a direction may be issued to the concerned authority to comply with the order dated 28.05.2014 passed by the Collector, Surajpur. 4) On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the submission made by Mr. Shukla. 5) Heard. 6) Taking into consideration the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the concerned Project Officer, Women and Child Development, to comply with the order dated 28.05.2014 passed by the Collector, Surajpur, in its letter and spirit, preferably -3- within a period of 06 months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, if already not complied with. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge Nadim