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Quarterly Physical Verification: The Zonal Officer through his staff shall conduct physical verification of beneficiaries twice a year to ascertain that the beneficiary is alive. The verification shall ordinarily be conducted in the first fortnight of April/October of every year. If either as a result of such verification, or otherwise, the Zonal Officer is satisfied that the beneficiary is no longer alive, he/she shall immediately recommend the case to the Director within fifteen days for cancellation of the assistance and make an entry to that effect in the Zonal Register. For the purpose of cancellation, the Director shall be the final authority.