A citizen can hold only one passport/ration card.
So if you are sure that you don't have any ration card issued in any state in India, pl be honest in declaring the same by declarinf it as "I have no ration card in any State in India"
If you make a false decalaration on affidavit, you are liable to be prosecuted as per law.
If you have a ration card issued in your name anywhere in India, then you can't apply for a new ration card unless you surrender that card.
If you already have a card issued from any other state, you can apply for Surrender as per process below :-
Issue of Surrender Certificate on transfer of family to other City or State or otherwise
In case the applicant moves into another city outside the jurisdiction of the taluk, the applicant is issued a separate surrender certificate following the procedure and documentary requirements below.:
Written application from the head of the family indicating the reason for change in address and the new address (if any) AND
Original ration card
Once these documents are submitted, the following procedure is followed:
a deletion slip is given to the applicant who the has to go to the Fair Price Shop concerned, get the card deleted from the A-Register and get a deletion slip signed by the salesman
Hand over the deletion slip with the family card to the AC/TSOoffice and get an acknowledgement slip with a time limit as in the Charter,
Changes are thereafter carried out in the family card by AC/TSO and a surrender certificate prepared.
Applicant can come and collect the updated ration card on the day stipulated with the surrender certificate in case the applicant is moving to any other taluk within Tamil Nadu.
In case, the applicant is moving to any other State, the ration card is cancelled and retained for destruction by the AC/TSO office. The applicant is given the surrender certificate on collection of the acknowledgement slip.
