New Delhi Oct 19 PTI The Delhi government has withdrawn its order asking fair price shops FPS to remain open all seven days of the week and in a new directive allowed a weekly off for such shops owners in the city officials said on TuesdayThe move comes following the high court directions to allow such ration distribution shop owners to take an off once a week The Delhi High Court on September 23 in its order said that owners of fair price shops in the city will be permitted by the government to have a weekly off to enable them to function efficientlyThe Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs of the Delhi government on Monday issued an order to implement the high court directivesThe High Court of Delhi in its order dated 2392021 has modified its earlier order dated 27042021 to the extent that Fair Price Shop owners will be permitted to have a weekly off to enable them function efficientlyAccordingly in compliance of the latest directions of the High Court of Delhi the instructions of the department issued wide order dated 05052020 on distribution of food grains to beneficiaries on all seven days of the week are hereby withdrawn the Food and Supply department said in the order The city has over 2000 fair price shops Delhi has 1777 lakh card holders and has around 7278 lakh beneficiaries According to Delhi government officials the Delhi High Court in April last year had directed the government to ensure distribution of food grains from FPS to the needy people on all seven days of the week Following the courts order we had made it mandatory for all fair price shops to operate all seven days of the week But now since the high court has modified its directions we have allowed the shop owners to take a weekly off a senior official of the department told PTIThe Delhi government distributes free ration to beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act NFSA 2013 and Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana PMGKAY through electronic point of sale devicesThe government has also started distribution of ration under One Nation One Ration Card ONORC scheme from July this year PTI AKM DV DV