8 examination and after giving a personal hearing to the applicant shall dispose of the said application within 15 days from the date of filing of such appeal. 6. Power of the State Government to make addition or alteration or amendment or refusal.-Whenever in the opinion of the State Government, it is necessary or expedient so to do in the interest of the public, the State Government may, add to, amend, vary or rescind any ration card after giving the ration card holder an opportunity of being heard and for reason to be recorded in writing, and in every such case the ration card holder shall be bound to surrender the same for endorsement or cancellation. 7.Validity of Ration Card.-A ration card so issued to a bona fide citizen of India shall remain valid as long as the ration card holder ordinarily resides at the given address of the sub-area for which the ration card has been issued by the Rationing Officer or till his/her death. A ration card having so lost its validity shall be surrendered by any other member of the family to which the person belongs/belonged and the Rationing Officer shall issue a certificate with the caption— Acknowledgement of Surrendered Ration Card (Form D) as given in the Schedule D. If any person is found to be using such ration card which has lost its validity, in procuring public distribution commodities from FP shop, he/she is liable to be prosecuted under section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act of 1955. 1 [8. Omitted.] 9. Cancellation of Ration Card.-The Rationing Officer shall cause cancellation of ration cards in the following cases:- (i) Death of a ration card holder; (ii) Change of residence of a ration card holder without giving any information to the Rationing Officer; (iii) Ration card issued by mistake; (iv) Ration card obtained in a fraudulent manner. Date of death of a ration card holder shall normally be reported by any member of this deceased's family. Even if not so reported the Rationing Officer shall act on a monthly statement of death cases to be forwarded to him/her by the death registration certificate issuing authority of local bodies ie. Municipality/Corporation / Panchayat / Cantonment Board/Notified area, as the case may be. 1 Clause 8 omitted by cl. (2) of the Notification No. 3157-FS,dated 25 th November, 2016 (w.e.f. 25.11.2020).