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Monday, June 9, 2014

2015-Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices

F.No.12/5/2014-JCA-2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 6th June, 2014

Office Memorandum

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2015.
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 2015. 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. MAKAR SANKARANTI
  8. RATH YATRA
  9. ONAM
  10. PONGAL
  11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI
  12. VISHNU / VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA 1ST 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 festival 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 Committtees 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 authorized to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l 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 Department / 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 2015, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 (Kartika 20). 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 upto 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 / organizations themselves for the year 2015, 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 9(Nine) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad, Rama Navami, Id-ul-Fitr, Janamashtami and Muharram 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.

(Ashok Kumar)
Deputy Secretary (JCA)     D
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ANNEXURE-I 
LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2015 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI
S.No.HolidayDateSaka DateDay
1936 SAKA ERA
Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammed)January 04Pausha 14Sunday
Republic DayJanuary 26Magha 06Monday
HoliMarch 06Phalguna 15Friday
1937 SAKA ERA
Ram NavamiMarch 28Chaitra 07Saturday
Mahavir JayantiApril 02Chaitra 12Thursday
Good FridayApril 03Chaitra 13Friday
Buddha PurnimaMay 04Vaisakha 14Monday
Idu’l FitrJuly 18Ashadha 27Saturday
Independence dayAugust 15Sravana 24Saturday
JanmashtamiSeptember 05Bhadra 14Saturday
Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid)September 05Asvina 03Friday
Mahatma Gandhi’s BirthdayOctober 02Asvina 10Friday
DussehraOctober 22Asvina 30Thursday
MuharramOctober 24Kartika 02Saturday
Diwali (Deepavali)November 11Kartika 20Wednesday
Guru Nanak’s BirthdayNovember 25Agrahayana 04Wednesday
*Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammed)December 24Pausha 03Thursday
Christmas DayDecember 25Pausha 04Friday
*Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammed) falls twice in the year 2015.
ANNEXURE-II 
LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2015 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI
S.No.HolidayDateSaka DateDay
SAKA ERA 1936
New Year’s DayJanuary 01Pausha 11Thursday
Makar SankrantiJanuary 14Pausha 24Wednesday
PongalJanuary 15Pausha 25Thursday
Basant Panchami /Sri PanchamiJanuary 24Magha 04Saturday
Guru Ravidas’s BirthdayFebruary 03Magha 14Tuesday
Swami Dayananda Saraswati JayantiFebruary 14Magha 25Saturday
Shivaji JayantiFebruary 19Magha 30Thursday
Holika DahanMarch 05Phalguna 14Thursday
Chaitra Sukladi / GudiPadava /Ugadi / Cheti ChandMarch 21Phalguna 30Saturday
SAKA ERA 1937
Easter SundayApril 05Chaitra 15Sunday
Vaisakhi/Vishu/MasadiApril 14Chaitra 24Tuesday
Vaisakhadi(Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)April 15Chaitra 25Wednesday
Hazarat Ali’s BirthdayMay 03Vaisakha 13Sunday
Guru Rabindranath’s birthdayMay 09Vaisakha 19Saturday
Jamat-ul-VidaJuly 17Ashadha 26Friday
Rath YatraJuly 18Ashadha 27Saturday
Parsi New Year’s day/NaurozAugust 18Sravana 27Tuesday
OnamAugust 28Bhadra 06Friday
Raksha BandhanAugust 29Bhadra 07Saturday
Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh ChaturthiSeptember 17Bhadra 26Thursday
Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)October 20Asvina 28Tuesday
Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)October 21Asvina 29Wednesday
Dussehra (Maha Navmi)October 22Asvina 30Thursday
Maharishi Valmiki’s BirthdayOctober 27Kartika 05Tuesday
Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)October 30Kartika 08Friday
Deepavali (South India)November 10Kartika 19Tuesday
Naraka ChaturdasiNovember 10Kartika 19Tuesday
Govardhan PujaNovember 12Kartika 21Thrusday
Bhai DujNovember 13Kartika 22Friday
Pratithar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)November 17Kartika 26Tuesday
Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom DayNovember 24Agrahayana 03Tuesday
Christmas EveDecember 24Pausha 03Thursday


SOURCE-http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/12_5_2014_JCA_2-06062014.pdf
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