(1) The State Government, under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Act, shall identify eligible priority households on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria as laid down in Schedule-I.
(2) The State Government, to facilitate and align the number of persons determined regarding the priority households under section 9 of the Act, if it deems fit, may,-
(i) add or omit any inclusion or exclusion criteria for Priority Households in the Schedule-I;
(ii) identify the eligible households at intervals or at any other time;
(iii) stop the inclusion of the eligible households;
(iv) review the list of eligible households for the purpose of exclusion of ineligible households or for the inclusion of eligible households.
(3) Any person/household desirous of being included in the eligible priority households may file an appeal in Form-1 to the concerned Appellate Officer. An appeal may be filed manually or online.
(4) For inclusion or exclusion of eligible households, the District Supply Officer and Sub-Divisional Officer or any other officer as notified by the State Government shall be an Appellate Officer for his jurisdiction.
(5) The Appellate Officer, on the basis of the record submitted with the appeal to add the name in the list or remove the name from the list, shall examine the veracity of the appeal and pass the necessary order on the merit within thirty days of receipt of the appeal.
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(6) The Appellate Officer may suo motto review the list of the eligible households for exclusion of ineligible households or inclusion of eligible households on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria laid down in Schedule-I and pass necessary order.
(7) The Appellate Officer shall make an online entry for the addition or deletion of any person/households in the list in respect of the order passed under sub-rules (5) and (6).
(8) In the database of the Family Ration Card, the eligible households shall be marked 'yes' and the ration cards of other than the eligible families shall be marked 'no'. The eligible families who have not taken foodgrains for last twelve months shall be marked 'Abeyance', so that in their place, the deprived eligible families may be included in the list. The 'No' and 'Abeyance' category ration cardholder households shall not be entitled to receive foodgrains and such ration cards shall be the zero entitlement cards :
Provided that if an Abeyance category household prefers an appeal to include in the list he may file an appeal to the Appellate Officer. The Appellate Officer shall examine the veracity of the appeal and pass the necessary order, within seven days from the date of receipt of the appeal, to revert the ‘Abeyance’ to ‘Yes’ category.
Part-III Grievance Redressal Mechanism