PART I] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, AUGUST 1, 2024 11 (18) A dealer shall not include public distribution commodities and other items distributed under festive packages through PDS under Non PD items as specified by the state government from time to time. (19) A Dealer shall not store any public distribution commodities in any place outside the godown as endorsed in the license without prior written permission of the licensing authority. However, if a Dealer is compelled to change the place of storage of the public distribution commodities temporarily due to any natural calamities or a situation beyond his control, he shall report the matter in writing to the concerned licensing authority within the next working day and the licensing authority shall permit to change the place of storage initially for a period of thirty (30) days, which may be extended for a further period of thirty (30) days, but in no case, it shall be extended beyond the period of sixty (60) days. (20) Every dealer shall get his weighing devices duly calibrated by the competent authority of the Government of West Bengal and shall keep the calibration certificate in his place of business for production on demand before the inspecting officers. (21) Every dealer shall extend all sorts of co-operation to the authorised officials for arranging physical verification of stock. Under any circumstances he shall have to arrange for sufficient number of labourers for weighment of the stock so that even minimum delay is avoided. For this purpose, the dealer shall make available appropriate weighing scale. (22) A Dealer shall not sell or distribute any stock of bad or doubtful quality to the holders of ration card. (23) A Dealer shall distribute Public distribution commodities as per entitlement of the beneficiary. (24) The Dealers shall not substitute public distribution commodities or pay cash in lieu of allotted Public distribution commodities to a beneficiary. (25) A Dealer shall perform all activities related with distribution like entry of Ration Card details in ePoS, authentication of beneficiaries, weighment and delivery of public distribution commodities at one place at the time of delivery to a person and shall not make entry of Ration Card details in ePoS & authentication of beneficiaries at one place and distribute Public distribution commodities at another place to a beneficiary. (26) A Dealer shall use, keep and maintain safe custody of ePoS Device & its peripherals and electronic weighing scale properly. (27) The Dealer shall be under obligation to serve the beneficiaries of a fair price shop which may be tagged with his license additionally by the licensing authority. 17. Manner of distribution of public distribution commodities to the Ration Card holder.– Save as otherwise provided under any other provisions of this order for distribution of public distribution commodities to the Ration Card holder, the State Government may frame scheme for delivery of public distribution commodities by the Dealer to the Ration Card holder at his door steps or in any other manner, as may be specified in the Scheme and the dealer shall be duty bound to distribute the public distribution commodities in that manner on ePoS based authenticated transaction and perform the weighment through electronic weighing scale integrated with e-POS device. 18. Working hour and leave of fair price shop.– (1) A fair price shop shall be kept open and / or perform door step delivery to the beneficiaries in clusters on such day of the week as may be specified by the State Government, by order, from time to time. No fair price shop shall be closed on the scheduled day and time of opening under any circumstances. (2) Every Dealer shall arrange for distribution of public distribution commodities against the ration cards either at door steps of the ration cards holder or through Fair price shops, as the case may be, between 7.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. in the morning session and between 3.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the evening session on Tuesday to Saturday and morning Session on Sunday: Provided that the timing of distribution of public distribution commodities under the hill areas of the districts of Kalimpong and Darjeeling shall be between 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. in the morning session and between 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. in the evening session on Tuesday to Saturday and morning Session on Sunday.