DoPT: Holidays To Be Observed In Central Government Offices During the 2019

DoPT: Holidays To Be Observed In Central Government Offices During the 2019

Central Government Holidays List 2019

F.No. 12/2/2018-JCA-2

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Establishment(JCA - 2)Section

North Block, New Delhi
Dated 11th July,2018

Sub: Holidays To Be Observed In Central Government Offices During The 2019-Reg

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 2019. 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 para2, 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 with in the concerned state shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter.

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2. HOLI
3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI/VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKAR SANKRANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAMI/BASANT PANCHAMI
12. VISHU/VAISAKHI/VAISAKHADI/BHAG BIHU/MASHADI UGADI/CHAITRA SUKLADI/CHETI CHAND/GUDI PADAVA/ 1ST NAVRATRA/NAURAJ/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 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 (indicated in para 3.1), 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'I Fitr, Idu'I 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 Idu'I 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. In 2019, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Sunday, October 27, 2019 (Kartika 05). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Naraka Chaturdasi 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 / organisations themselves for the year 2019, 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 12 (Twelve) holidays of their own only after including in the list three National Holidays and Budha Purnima, Janamashtami (Vaishnava), Diwali, Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad in the list of compulsory holidays 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.

(Juglal Singh)

Deputy Secretary (JCA)

Tel:23092338

ANNEXURE - I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2019 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI/NEW DELHI

S.No	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
1940 SKA ERA
1	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Saturday
2	Maha Shivaratri	March 04	Phalguna 13	Monday
3	Holi	March 21	Phalguna 30	Thursday
1941 SAKA ERA
4	Mahavir Jayanti	April 17	Chaitra 27	Wednesday
5	Good Friday	April 19	Chaitra 29	Friday
6	Buddha Purnima	May 18	Vaisakha 28	Saturday
7	Id-Ul-Fitr	June 05	Jyaishtha 15	Wednesday
8	Id-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid)	August 12	Sravana 21	Monday
9	Independence Day	August 15	Sravana 24	Thursday
10	Janmashtami	August 24	Bhadra 02	Saturday
11	Muharram	September 10	Bhadra 19	Tuesday
12	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Wednesday
13	Dussehra	October 08	Asvina 16	Tuesday
14	Diwali (Deepavali)	October 27	Kartika 05	Sunday
15	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	November 10	Kartika 19	Sunday
16	Guru Nanak's Birthday	November 12	Kartika 21	Tuesday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausha 04	Wednesday

ANNEXURE - II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2019 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
SAKA ERA 1940
1	New Year's day	January 01	Pausha 11	Tuesday
2	Lohri	January 13	Pausha 23	Sunday
3	Makar Sankranti	January 14	Pausha 24	Monday
4	Pongal	January 15	Pausha 25	Tuesday
5	Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami	February 10	Magha 21	Sunday
6	Guru Ravidas's Birthday	February 19	Magha 30	Tuesday
7	Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Magha 30	Tuesday
8	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	March 01	Phalguna 10	Thursday
9	Holika Dahan	March 20	Phalguna 29	Wednesday
10	Dolyatra	March 21	Phalguna 30	Thursday
11	Hazarat Ali's Birthday	March 21	Phalguna 30	Thursday
SAKA ERA 1941
12	Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand	April 06	Chaitra 16	Saturday
13	Ram Navami (Smarta)	April 13	Chaitra 23	Saturday
14	Vaiskhi/Vishu/Mesadi	April 14	Chaitra 24	Sunday
15	Vaisakhadi (Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 15	Chaitra 25	Monday
16	Easter Sunday	April 21	Vaisakha 01	Sunday
17	Guru Rabindranath's birthday	May 09	Vaisakha 19	Thursday
18	Jamat -Ul-Vida	May 31	Jyaishtha 10	Friday
19	Rath Yatra	July 04	Ashadha 13	Thursday
20	Raksha Bandhan	August 15	Sravana 24	Thursday
21	Parsi New Year's day/Nauraj	August 17	Sravana 26	Saturday
22	Vinayaka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi	September 02	Bhadra 11	Monday
23	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	September 11	Bhadra 20	Wednesday
24	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	October 05	Asvina 13	Saturday
25	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)	October 06	Asvina 14	Sunday
26	Dussehra (Maha Navmi)	October 07	Asvina 15	Monday
27	Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday	October 13	Asvina 21	Sunday
28	Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)	October 17	Asvina 25	Thursday
29	Naraka Chaturdasi	October 27	Kartika 05	Sunday
30	Govardhan Puja	October 28	Kartika 06	Monday
31	Bhai Duj	October 29	Kartika 07	Tuesday
32	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 02	Kartika 11	Saturday
33	Guru Tag Bahadur's Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Sunday
34	Christmas Eve	December 24	Pausha 03	Tuesday

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