Section 20 in Bihar Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2016
20. Inspection.
- (i) The District Officers, Additional District Magistrates (Supply)/Additional Collectors, Special Officer, Patna Rationing, District Supply Officers, Sub Divisional Officers, Licensing Authorities, Assistant District Supply Officers, Deputy Rationing Officers, Patna, Assistant Rationing Officers, Patna, Marketing Officers, Block Supply Officers/In Charge Block Supply Officers (such as Circle Officer, Block Development Officer, etc) and Supply Inspectors shall be authorised to conduct regular inspections of fair price shops, godowns of the State Food Corporation, premises of kerosene wholesalers, and issue and distribution of SIOs, delivery of food grains and other essential commodities under door step delivery scheme, and GPS within their jurisdictions.(ii)The District Officers under their jurisdictions shall prepare a roster for inspection of all fair price shops and the issue centers such as the godowns of the State Food Corporation/premises of kerosene wholesalers of the district in such a way that each shop is inspected at least once in three month and each godowns of the State Food Corporation/premises of kerosene wholesaler at least once every month by the officers mentioned in sub Para (1).(iii)The information technology based inspection and supervision system, as developed by the department, shall also be utilized by the inspecting authorities in maintaining the reports of all kinds of inspections, and in case any irregularity is found, the inspecting authority shall make a copy of the report available to the licensing authority without delay. The licensing authority shall be responsible for taking action within a month after receiving such report.(iv)A report/evidence generated under the system of information technology shall be deemed a legal document, and an employee who distorts anything in the report/evidence generated by this system shall be liable for disciplinary and legal actions.Part - 3 Identification of Eligible Households, Ration Cards, and Lifting and Distribution of Food grains and Other Commodities
