Ration Card Apply Procedure and Eligibility Rules and Regulation

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procedure and Eligibility to apply for a new ration card

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The following rules and regulations apply for getting a new ration card :

Condition No 3. What are the documents that must be attached with new family Ration card applications?

Ration card Application (in the new format above) should be filled up completely, signed or thumb-impression and submitted along other documents below. Incomplete forms are liable for rejection. The following documents need to be attached:

A self addressed and stamped postal cover or postcard to enable the office to communicate the results to the ration card applicant.

Mobile Number or Email addresses may be filled up in the format to enable this department to send an automated message (to be activated by end 2008) to the family card applicant on the status of the application. 

Details of LPG connection, if any, with details of name of consumer in whose name it is registered, consumer number, LPG agency and Oil Company name.

Particulars regarding earlier application for family card, including registration number and details of rejection, if any? 

Proof of applicant's current residence in Tamil Nadu (copy of original document)

Property tax payment receipt in case of own house (current year), OR

Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC), OR

Front Page of Bank Pass Book, OR

Electricity Bill (last month), OR

Telephone Bill (last month) , OR

Passport, OR

Allotment orders in respect of persons residing at houses allotted by Slum Clearance Board, OR

Currently valid tenancy agreement (in case of rented house), AND

Surrender Certificate along with relevant family card issued by the card issuing authority if any card is issued in the previous address, OR

Name Deletion Certificate from the parent or guardian family card or Non-inclusion of name Certificate issued by the card issuing authority in the previous address, OR

No card certificate issued by the card issuing authority, if there is no family card in the previous address, AND

Condition No 4: To whom should the application be sent for getting Ration card?

Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection department will be launching a full online application service by September 2008.

Applicants are requested to obtain an acknowledgement slip at the counter in the Assistant Commissioner's or Taluk Supply Office concerned.

In Chennai city and its belt areas, filled in applications with documents must be filed with Assistant Commissioner of Civil Supplies of the zone in which the applicant lives. Applicants can contact the above offices over telephone if there are doubts over the jurisdiction office of the area in which he/she is resident.

In districts other than Chennai, Taluk Supply Officers of the Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department or Assistant Rationing Officers (in Coimbatore city) concerned of the area in which the applicant lives is competent to receive applications for family cards.

Applicants may also chose to send the application by post. However, it would be wise to send it by Registered Post with Acknowledgement Due (RPAD) to ensure that there is proof of submission.

Condition No 5: Is there any prescribed application format to apply for Ration card?

Yes, Government of Tamil Nadu has prescribed an application format in English and application format in Tamil as well. This formats are available on the Website. User would need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to use these forms and then print them out.