a. HOLI Subject: 1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA

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1 MOST MMEDATE F.N0.12/.3/2011-SJCA-2 Government of ndia Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) North Block, New Delhi Dated the 27th June, 2011 Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year t has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure - to this O.M. will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year n addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himselfjherself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays in Annexure 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: REPUBLC DAY NDEPENDENCE DAY MAHATMA GANDH'S BRTHDAY BUDHA PURNUdA CHRSTMAS DAY DUSSEHRA (WJAY DASHW) DWAL (DEEPAVAL] GOOD FRDAY GURU NANAK'B BRTHDAY DU'L FTR DU'L ZUHA MAHAVR JAYANT mmarram PROPHET MOHAMMAD'B BRTHDAY (D-EMLAD) 3.1. n 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 Coofdination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State. The frnal list applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State shall be notified after seeking prior approval of this Ministry and no change can be carried out thereafter. t is also clarif~ed that no change is permissible in regard to festivals and dates as indicated. 1. AN ADDTONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA a. HOL 3. JANAMASHTAW (VASHNAV) 4. RAM NAVAM 5. MAHA SHVRATR 6. GANESH CHATURTH / VNAYAK CHATURTH 7. MAKAR SANKARANT 8. RATH YATRA 9. ONAM - PONGAL 11. SR PANCHAM / BASANTA PANCHAM la. VSHU/ VASAKH / VASAKHAD / BHAG BHU / MASHAD UCZAD / CHATRA SAKLAD / CHET CHAND / GUD PADA 1m NAVRATRA / NAURAJ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

2 3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initidly declared subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other nonworking b y or in the +vent of more than one festivals falling nn 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 dul Fitr, dul Zuha, Muharram and d-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. 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 dul Fitr, dul Zuha, Muharram and d-e-milad. 5.3 t may happen that the change of date of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. n such a situation, announcement could be made through T.V. / A..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 2012, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 (Kartika 22). n certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on "Narakachaturdasi Day". n 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, ndependence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments / organisations themselves for the year subject to para 3.2 above. 8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Ministry of Home Affairs letter No.14046/27/83- GP- dated by which they would observe a total of 16 holidays including the three National Holidays Vi. Republic Day, ndependence Day & Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. - -.

3 9. n respect of ndian 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, n other words, they will have the ' option to select 10!Ten) holidays of their own only after including in the iist, three National Holidays md Milad-un-Nabi or d-e-milad, Buddha Purnima, dul Zuha (Bakrid) and Muharrarn included in the hst of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off. 10. n 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. Encl.: Lists of blidays Director (ic~j % All Ministries/ Departments of Government of ndia. UPSC/CVC/C&AG/ PMO / Lok Sabha Secretanat/ Rajya Sabha Secretariat/ President's SecretariatlVice-President's Secretariat/ Supreme Court/ High Court/ Central Administrative Tribunal/ Election Commission of ndia / Minorities Commission/ National Human Rights Commission/Central nformation Commission/National Commission for Women. All attached and subordinate offices of Ministry of Personnel, P.G. 86 Pensions. Secretary, Staff Side, National Council (,JCM), 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi. All Staff Side Members of the Nabonal Council (JCM). All Staff Side Members of the Departmental Council (JCM), Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions. Chairman / Secretaries, Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees (As per updated list from Welfare Section). Commissioner for Scheduled Castes /Commissioner for Scheduled Tribes. PS to Cabinet Secretary. Deputy Secretary (Coordination), Delhi Govt. Secretariat,.G. Stadium,.T.O., New Delhi. The Manager (Store), Government of ndia, Forms Store, 166, Lenin Sarai, Kolkata (with 10 spare copies). Chief Secretaries to all the State Governments / Union Temtoreis. Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity, PT Building, New Delhi (with 5 spare copies) Deputy Director (Bills), Dte. of Printing, B-Wing, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi (with 5 spare copies) Positional Astronomy Centre, Block-AQ, Plot No.8 Sector-V, Salt lake, -0llsata Facilitation Center, DOP&T (20 copies) NC (DOPT) with the request to place this O.M. on the Website of the Department ~ 100 Spare Copies.

4 LST OF HOLDAYS DURMa THE YEAR 2012 FOR-ADMNSTRATVE OFFCES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELH / NEW DELH ~04 - HdiGy Date 1 Sah Date Day 1933 SAKA ERA 1. kpublic Day panuar~ 26 1 Magha 06 Fhursday 2. Milad-Un-Nabi or d-e- Milad (Birthday of Prophet pohammad) 3. paha Shivaratri 4. oli arch 08 -, 1934 SAKA ERA 5. ahavir Jayanti 05 Chaitra Food Friday P P ~ 06 Chaitra 17 F"dey1 7. uddha Purnima February 05 February 20 Magha 16 Phalguna 01 Phalguna ndependence day 15 1 Sravana 24 (Wednesday August 111. Mahatma Gandhi's (October 02 1 Asvina 10 kuesday 12. pussehra (Vijaya Dashqi)lOctober 24 1 Kartika 02 pednesday du 1 Zuha (Bakrid) ctober 27 Kartika uru Nanak's birthday ovember 28 Agrahayana 07 hristmas Day ecernber. 25 Pausha

5 LST OF PSSTRCTED HOLDAYS DURNG THE YEAR 2012 FOR ADMNSTRATVE OFFCM OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LQCATED AT DELH / NEW DELH A S.No Date 1 Saka Date Day SAKA ERA New Year's Day 'mar sankranti b. 4. January Pongal Janualy Basanta Panchami /Sri Panchami /. Guru Ravidas' birthday February 07 Magha Tuesday 6. Saraswati Jayanti Shivaji Jayanti February 19 Magha Holika Dahan March 07 Phalguna 17 Wednesday i - SAKA ERA 1934 b January 28 Chaitra SukladilGudi March 23 1 Chaitra 03 1 Fridav padava/ugadi/cheti Chand Ram Nami April 13 Magha 08 April 0 1 April i ) Chaitra 24 h l d y i Vishu '4 14. Mesadi ( April 14 Chaitra 25 Saturday Easter Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam) Guru Rabindranath's April 08 April 14 May 08 1 Chaitra 12 Chaitra 19 Saturday Hazarat Ali's Birthday 21. Jyaishtha 31 Thursday Raksha Bandhan. 1 August 17 Sravana 26 ( Friday hew Year's day 1 August 18 Chaitra 25 Vaisakha 18 Saturday i 1 Tuesday 1 w y a k a Chaturthi August

6 -6- August 29 September 19 October October Bhadra 07 khadra 28 Asvina 29 Asvina 30 ' Wednesday Wednesday -- (Maha Navrni) October Kartika 01 Tuesday p 8 birthday. 1 W s Kartika Deepavali (South ndia) Chouth November 02 November 12 November 13 November J4 Kartika 11 Kartika 21 Kartika 22 Friday Tuesday Wednesday 3. Bhai Duj November 15 Kartika 24 Thursday b4. Pratihar Sashthi or Surv November 19 Kartika 28 Martyrdom Day November 24 Saturday 6. Christmas Eve December 24 Pausha 03