Most Immediate
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. VISHU/ VAISAIKHI / VAISAKHADI / BAHAG 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 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 2015, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Wednesday,
November 11, 2015 (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 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.
sd/-
(Ashok Kumar)
Deputy Secretary (JCA)
Source: www.persmin.gov.in
