10 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, AUGUST 1, 2024 [PART I The Dealer shall be bound to distribute the public distribution commodities to the beneficiary on production of ration card or e-Ration Card or Aadhaar card linked with ration card or their photocopy or display of any of these in mobile phones or mere mentioning of the number of any of them by the beneficiary. (4) On presentation of ration card or e Ration Card or Aadhaar card linked with ration card or their photocopy or display of any of these in mobile phones or mere mentioning of the number of any of them by the beneficiary, a Dealer shall enter the particulars in the ePoS device and see whether the beneficiaries’ cards are valid and active in the system and distribute public distribution commodities if the Ration Card is active. The Dealer shall not refuse distribution of public distribution commodities to the ration card holder merely on the ground of non-production of physical ration card. (5) The Dealer shall not retain the ration card, e-Ration Card or Aadhaar card linked with ration card after the supply of the public distribution commodities. (6) The Dealer shall maintain records / registers as specified by the State Government from time to time. (7) Every dealer shall be subjected to social audit to be conducted by formal and informal institutions as prescribed by the State Government and licensee shall extend all assistance in this regard. (8) The Dealer shall display the sealed samples of public distribution commodities at the conspicuous place in his shop immediately after the receipt. (9) Every dealer shall serve public distribution commodities promptly without any undue delay and without causing inconvenience to the ration card holders for which a dealer shall arrange space for convenient standing or sitting of the beneficiaries below a suitable shade. (10) The Dealer shall be liable to do the e KYC authentication of the ration card and update mobile no. of the beneficiaries proactively. (11) The Dealer shall make all the transactions through e-PoS device only, generate a cash memo and issue it to the ration card holder proactively. (12) The Dealer shall make delivery to the beneficiaries or his nominee only through authenticated transaction after verifying the beneficiary or his nominee through Iris Scan or fingerprint scan or OTP received through Aadhaar linked mobile. However, the dealer shall deliver the public distribution commodities to such beneficiary/ ies who has been exempted by the competent authority from authentication through Iris Scan or fingerprint scan or OTP received through Aadhaar linked mobile after making entries of distribution in ePoS device against the ration card of the beneficiary/ies. (13) The Dealer shall distribute public distribution commodities to the ration card holder as per the entitlement of the ration card holder under the Public Distribution System through the fair price shop or by way of doorstep delivery. The Dealer shall not issue ePoS slip or make entries in ePoS at a place away from FPS but distribute and deliver the public distribution commodities from the FPS and not in the Para / Mohalla of the assigned cluster of the day. (14) The Dealer shall not deny distribution of public distribution commodities to any eligible beneficiary, who have migrated to this State, having a valid AAY, SPHH or PHH ration card under the National Food Security Act; (15) The Dealer shall not deny distribution of public distribution commodities to any eligible beneficiary having a valid ration card of AAY, SPHH, PHH, RKSY I and RKSY 2, even though such beneficiary may not be tagged with the fair price shop of the said Dealer. (16) The Dealer shall make distribution of public distribution commodities through e-PoS integrated with e-weighing scale. (17) A Dealer shall only store or sell the public distribution commodities as allotted to him. However, he may store and sell such other articles at such price and in such quantities and in such manner as may be directed by the State Government under different schemes including welfare schemes to be operated separately and not forming a part of this Order.