Opening of Office on Holidays
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office.
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Opening of Office on Holidays
21 MAR 2018
As per Fundamental Rules (F.R.) No.11,
the whole time of a Government servant is at the disposal of the
Government which pays him, he may be employed in any manner required by
proper authority without claim for additional remuneration.
Sometimes with a view to meeting the
exigencies of work such as when a Government business has to be
transacted immediately or a deadline is to be met, the Head of Office
can, in the interests of public service, take a decision to keep the
offices open fully or partially even on public holidays. The staff who
are deployed on official duty on public holidays are, however,
compensated by granting them compensatory leave.
Need for laying down procedure for
registering complaints in case of any Government/private office
remaining open on public holidays has not been felt.
This was stated by the Minister of State
for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister’s
Office, Dr. Jitendra Singhin a written reply to question in the Lok
Sabha today.
