3 (d) "Antyodaya (AAY) Families" means those poorest families from amongst the Below Poverty Line families, who have been identified as such by the concerned authority under the Government of West Bengal and to whom Antyodaya Anna Yojana Ration Cards have been issued for distribution of public distribution commodities under the Antodaya Anna Yojana Scheme along with certain specified items of daily use, under the Public Distribution System; (e) "Appellate Authority" means the authority appointed by the state Government to exercise the powers of Appellate Authority under this Order; (f) "Below Poverty Line Families" means those families who have been identified as such by the concerned authority under the Government of West Bengal and to whom BPL ration cards have been issued for distribution of public distribution commodities under BPL Scheme along with other specified items of daily use under Public Distribution System; (g) "Collector in relation to a district means the District Magistrate and includes an officer not below the rank of SDO as may be authorized by the Collector 1 [(h) “Dealer” or “ 2 [Fair Price Shop Dealer]” means a person and includes the Company or Corporation of the Government, an individual, registered partnership firm, registered Co- operative society, 3 [Self Help Group or the Sangha or mahasangha of self-help group] working within a district, in whose name a shop has been licensed to distribute and sell public distribution commodities to ration card holder under the Public Distribution System by an order issued under Part III;] (i) "Director" means the Director of Rationing, West Bengal, Department of Food and Supplies and includes an officer not below the rank of Assistant Director of Rationing in the Department of Food and Supplies, Government of West Bengal, authorised by the said Director to perform all or any of the functions of the Director under this Order; (j) "Essential Commodities" means essential commodities as defined under section 2A of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955; (k) "Establishment" means hospitals, sanatoriums, orphanages, workhouses, asylums, educational institutions, boarding houses, nursing homes, stables, zoos, poultry farms, 1 Sub-clause (h) subs by cl. (1)(a) of the Notification No. 3035-FS/Sect/Food/4P-09/2012 Pt.II) dated 14th December, 2020 (w.e.f. 16.12.2020), which was further subs. by cl. (1) of the Notification No. 1506- FS/Sect/Food/4P-09/2012, dated 11 th April, 2022 (w.e.f. 11.04.2022) . 2 Subs. by cl. (1) of the Notification No. 506-FS/Sect/Food/4P-09/2012 (Pt), dated 30 th January, 2024 (w.e.f. 02.02.2024) 3 Words are substituted by clause 1(1) of Notification No. 3514-FS/Sect/Food/4P-09/2012 Pt.II) dated 25 th August, 2023 (w.e.f. 25.08.2023)