Holidays to be observed in Central Government offices during the year-2011

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I am reproducing the copy of F.N0.12/1/2010-JCA-2, dated 21.06.2010 issued by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions(Department of Personnel and Training) regarding holidays to be observed in Central Government offices during the year-2011 for your information.

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F.N0.12/1/2010-JCA-2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 21st June, 2010

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government offices during the year 2011.

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 2011. 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:

REPUBLIC DAY
INDEPENDENCE DAY
MAHATMA GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY
BUDHA PURNIMA
CHRISTMAS DAY
DUSSEHRA (WAY DASHMI)
DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
GOOD FRIDAY
GURU NANAK'S BIRTHDAY
IDU'L FITR
IDU'L ZUHA
MAHAVIR JAYANTI
MIJHARRAW
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 after seeking prior approval of this Ministry 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. JANAMASHTAW (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKMR SANKARANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
1 1. SRI PANCHAM / BASANTA PANCHAMI
12. VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SAKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADA 18T NAVRATRA / NAURAJ/CHHATH POOJA

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.

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 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 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 2011, Diwdi (Deepavali) falls on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 (Kartika 04). 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. However, in the year 20 1 1, Diwali (Deepavali) and Narak Chaturdasi Day, both are falling on the same day i.e. October 26, 2011.

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 / organisations themselves for the year 2011, 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-I dated 15.2.1984 by which they would observe a total of 16 holidays including the three National Holidays Viz. Republic Day, Independence Day & Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.

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 17^th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 12(Twelve) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Mahavir Jayanti, Christmas Day included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.

10. In respect of Banks, the holidays are restricted to 15 days in a year in terms of the instructions issued by the Department of Economic Affairs (Banking Division).

11. Hindi version will follow.

(DINESH KAPILA)
DEPUTY SECRETARY

Encl.: Lists of holidays

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2011 FOR DELHI / NEW DELHI OFFICES

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
				1932 SAKA ERA
1	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Wednesday
2	Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	Febuary 16	Magha 27	Wednesday
3	Maha Shivaratri	March 02	Phalguna 11	Wednesday

				1933 SAKA ERA
4	Ram Navami	April 12	Chaitra 22	Tuesday
5	Mahavir Jayanti	April 16	Chaitra 26	Saturday
6	Good Friday	April 22	Vaisakha 02	Friday
7	Buddha Prunima	May 17	Vaisakha 27	Tuesday
8	Independence Day	August 15	Sravana 31	Monday
9	Janamashtami (Vaisnava)	August 22	Sravana 31	Monday
10	Idu'l Fitr	August 31	Bhadra 09	Wednesday
11	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Sunday
12	Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)	October 06	Asvina 14	Thursday
13	Diwali (Deepavali)	October 26	Kartika 04	Wednesday
14	Idu'l Zuha (Bakrid)	November 07	Kartika 16	Monday
15	Guru Nanak's Birthday	November 10	Kartika 19	Thursday
16	Muharram	December 06	Agrahayana 15	Tuesday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausa 04	Sunday

LIST OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2011 FOR DELHI/NEW DELHI OFFICES.

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
				SAKA ERA 1932
1	New Year's Day	January 01	Pausa 11	Saturday
2	Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday	Januray 05	Pausa 15	Wednesday
3	Makar Sankranti	Januray 14	Pausa 24	Friday
4	Pongal	January 15	Pausa 25	Saturday
5	Basanta Panchami / Sri Panchami	February 08	Magha 19	Tuesday
6	Guru Ravidas' Birthday	February 18	Magha 29	Friday
7	Shivaji Jayanthi	February 19	Magha 30	Saturday
8	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February 27	Phalguna 08	Sunday
9	Holika Dahan (Dol yatra)	March 19	Phalguna 28	Saturday
10	Holi	March 20	Phalguna 29	Sunday
				SAKA ERA 1933
11	Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand	April 04	Chaitra 14	Monday
12	Vaisakhi	April 14	Chaitra 24	Thursday
13	Vishu	April 14	Chaitra 24	Thursday
14	Mesadi	April 14	Chaitra 24	Thursday
15	Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 15	Chaitra 25	Friday
16	Easter Sunday	April 24	Vaisakha 04	Sunday
17	Guru Rabindranath's Birthday	May 09	Vaisakha 19	Monday
18	Hazarat Ali's Birthday	June 16	Jyaishtha 26	Thursday
19	Rath Yatra	July 03	Asadha 12	Sunday
20	Raksha Bandhan	August 13	Sravana 22	Friday
21	Parsi New Year's day	August 19	Sravana 28	Friday
22	Jamat-UI-Vida	August 26	Bhadra 04	Friday
23	Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi	September 01	Bhadra 10	Thursday
24	Onam	September 09	Bhadra 18	Friday
25	(Maha Saptami Additional)	October 03	Asvina 11	Monday
26	Dussehra (Maha Astami) (Additional)	October 04	Asvina 12	Tuesday
27	Dussehra (Maha Navami)	October 05	Asvina 13	Wednesday
28	Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday	October 11	Asvina 19	Tuesday
29	Deepavali (South India)	October 26	Kartika 04	Wednesday
30	Narak Chaturdasi	October 26	Kartika 04	Wednesday
31	Govardhan Puja	October 27	Kartika 05	Thursday
32	Bhai Duj	October 28	Kartika 06	Friday
33	Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 01	Kartika 10	Tuesday
34	Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Thursday
35	Christmas Eve	December 24	Pausa 03	Saturday