central government employees holiday list 2014

central government employees holiday list 2014

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F.No.12/5/2013-JCA-2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi Dated the 11th June, 2013

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2014.

It has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure -I  to this O.M. will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2014. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays in Annexure II-

2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays as per para 3.1 below:

1.    REPUBLIC DAY
2.    INDEPENDENCE DAY
3.    MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4.    BUDDHA PURNIMA
5.    CHRISTMAS DAY
6.    DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7.    DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8.    GOOD FRIDAY
9.    GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10.    IDU’L FITR
11.    IDU’L ZUHA
12.    MAHAVIR JAYANTI
13.    MUHARRAM
14.    PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)

3.1. In addition to the above 14 Compulsory holidays mentioned in para 2, three holidays shall be decided from the list indicated below by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State. The final list applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in regard to festivals and dates as indicated.

1.    AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2.    HOLI
3.    JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4.    RAM NAVAMI
5.    MAHA SHIVRATRI
6.    GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7.    IVIAKAR SANKARANTI
8.    RATH YATRA
9.    ONAM
10.    PONGAL
11.    SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI
12.    VISHU/ VAISAICHI / VAISAKHADI / BAHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA 181 NAVRATRA / NAUROZ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2  No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially declared subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non¬working day or in the event of more than one festivals falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance but the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions after ascertaining the position from the Govt. of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police).
5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Fitr, Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through P.I.B. /T.V. / A.I.R. / Newspapers and the Heads of Departments/ Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement without waiting for a formal order about the change of date.

6.    During 2014, Diwaii (Deepavali) falls on Thursday, October 23, 2014 (Kartika 01). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Narakachaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) for the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State, that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.

7.    Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe up to 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments / organisations themselves for the year 2014, subject to para 3.2 above.

8.    Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9.    In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select only 13(Thirteen) holidays of their own after including in the list, three National Holidays and Mahavir Jayanti included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on day of weekly off.

10.    In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

11.    Hindi version will follow.

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2014 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No.I	Holiday	Date	Saka Date		Day
1935 SAKA ERA
1.	Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E- Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	January             14	Pausha	24	Tuesday
2.	Republic Day	January             26	Magha	06	Sunday
3.	Holi	March                17	Phalguna	26	Monday
1936 SAKA, ERA
4.	Ram Navami	April                 08	Chaitra	18	Tuesday
5.	Mahavir Jayanti	April                  13	Chaitra	23	Sunday
6.	Good Friday	April                  18	Chaitra	28	Friday
7.	Buddha Purnima	May                   14	Vaisakha	24	Wednesday
8.	Idu’lFitr	July                   29	Sravana	07	Tuesday
9.	Independence day	August               15	Sravana	24	Friday
10.	janmashtami	August               18	Sravana	27	Monday
11.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October             02	Asvina	10	Thursday
12.	Dussehra	October             03	Asvina	11	Friday
13.	Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid)	October             06	Asvina	14	Monday
14.	Diwali (Deepavali)	October             23	Kartika	01	Thursday
15.	Muharram	November           04	Kartika	13	Tuesday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November           06	Kartika	15	Thursday
17.	Christmas Day	December            25	Pausa	04	Thursday

ANNEXURE-II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2014 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No	Holiday	Date		Saki Date		Day
			1935 SAKA ERA
1.	New Year’s Day	January	01	Pau sha	11	Wednesday
2.	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	January	07	Pausha	17	Tuesday
3.	Makar Sankranti	January	14	Pausha	24	Tuesday
4.	Pongal	January	14	Pausha	24	Tuesday
5.	Basant Panchami /Sri Panchami	February	04	Magha	15	Tuesday
6.	Guru Ravidas’s Birthday	February	14	Magha	25	Friday
7.	Shivaji Jayanti	February	19	Magha	30	Wednesday
8.	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February	24	Phalguna	05	Monday
9.	Maha Shivaratri	February	27	Phalguna	08	Thursday
10.	Holika Dahan	March	16	Phalguna	25	Sunday
			1936 SARA ERA
11.	Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chan.d	March	31	Chaitra	10	Monday
12.	Vaisakhi/Vishu/Masadi	April	14	Chaitra	24	Monday
13.	Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April	15	Chaitra	25	Tuesday
14.	Easter Sunday	April	20	Chaitra	30	Sunday
15.	Guru Rabindran.ath’s birthday	May	09	Vaisakha	19	Friday
16.	Hazarat Al’s Birthday	May	13	Vaisakha	23	Tuesday
17.	‘Rath Yatra	June	29	Ashadha	08	Sunday
18.	Jamat-Ul-Vida	July	25	Sravana	03	Friday
19.	Raksha Bandhan	August	10	Sravana	19	Sunday
20.	Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauroz	August	18	Sravana	27	Monday
21.	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	August	29	Bhadra	07	Friday
22.	Onam	September	07	Bhadra	16	Sunday

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