Post Office holiday list 2022 issued by the Directorate
We know that there are 17 postal holidays every year for postal
employees. Out of them, 14 holidays are compulsory and 3 holidays shall
be decided by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination
Committee in state capitals. All the post offices are closed on these
holidays. It means you can't do any work in any post office on these
days.
Each postal circle also issues a list of postal holidays 2022 after deciding 3 holidays.
File No.Y-21 /1/2021 -PE-ll-DOP
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
Establishment Division
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi - 110001
Dated: the l4th June 2021
To
All Chief Postmasters General,
All Postmasters General,
All PTCs, RAKNPA, Ghaziabad.
Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2022.
Sir/Madam,
I am directed to forward herewith a copy of O.M. No.12/5/2021-JCA-2 dated 08.06.2021 received from the Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi on the subject mentioned above.
2.
It is requested that a list of holidays to be observed in the Operative
offices and Administrative offices under your control, during the
calendar year 2022, may be drawn up as per the instructions contained in
the Office Memorandum referred to above and circulated to all
concerned.
3. In addition to 14 Compulsory
Holidays, 3 holidays shall be decided by the Central Government
Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State capitals. After
deciding the 3 holidays in consultation with Central Government
Employees Welfare Coordination Committee, the final list, applicable
uniformly to all concerned will be notified. It is also clarified that
no change is
permissible in regard to festivals and dates indicated.
4.
The list of Restricted Holidays appended to this O.M. is meant for
Central Government Offices in Delhi/ New Delhi. The Coordination
Committee at State capitals may draw up a separate list of RH keeping in
view the occasions of local importance but the 9 occasions left over,
after choosing the
3 variable holidays are also to be included in the list of RH.
5. A copy of the notified list of holidays may be sent to Directorate.
(Tarun Mittal)
Assistant Director General ( Estt.I)
Postal Holiday 2022 list (PH)
- Republic Day - 26 January 2022 (Wednesday)
- Maha Shivratri- 01 March 2022 (Tuesday)
- Holi- 18 March 2022 (Friday)
- Mahaveer Jayanti - 14 April 2022 (Thursday)
- Good Friday- 15 April 2022 (Friday)
- Id-ul-Fitr- 03 May 2022 (Tuesday)
- Buddha Purnima- 16 May 2022 ( Tuesday)
- Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)- 10 July 2022 (Sunday)
- Muharram- 09 August 2022 (Tuesday)
- Independence Day- 15 August 2022 ( Monday)
- Janmashtami- 19 August 2022 (Friday)
- Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday- 02 October 2022 (Sunday)
- Dussehra- 05 October 2022 (Wednesday)
- Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)- 09 October 2022 (Sunday)
- Diwali (Deepawali)- 24 October 2022 (Monday)
- Guru Nanak's Birthday- 08 November 2022 (Tuesday)
- Chrismas Day- 25 December 2022 (Sunday)
Indian Post Office Holidays 2022 PDF list (RH)
- 01. New Year- 01 January 2022 (Saturday)
- 02. Guru Govind Singh's Birthday- 09 January 2022 (Sunday)
- 03. Lohari- 13 January 2022 (Thursday)
- 04. Makar Sankranti/Megha Bihu/Pongal- 14 January 2022 (Friday)
- 05. Basant Panchmi- 05 February 2022 (Saturday)
- 06. Hajrat Ali's Birthday- 26 February 2022 (Tuesday)
- 07. Guru Ravidas's Birthday- 16 February 2022 (Wednesday)
- 08. Shiva Ji Jayanti 19 February 2022 (Saturday)
- 09. Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti- 26 February 2022 (Saturday)
- 10. Holika Dahan- 17 March 2022 (Thursday)
- 11. Dolyatra- 18 March 2022 (Friday)
- 12. Chaitra Sukiadi/Gudi Padva/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand- 02 April 2022 (Saturday)
- 13. Ram Navami- 10 April 2022 (Sunday)
- 14. Vaisakhi/Vishu/ Meshadi- 14 April 2022 (Thursday)
- 15. Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)- 15 April 2022 (Friday)
- 16. Easter Sunday- 17 April 2022 (Sunday)
- 17. Jamat-ul- Vida- 29 April 2022 (Friday)
- 18. Guru Rabindranath's birthday- 09 May 2022 (Monday)
- 19. Rath Yatra- 01 July 2022 (Friday)
- 20. Raksha Bandhan- 11 August 2022 (Thursday)
- 21. Parsi New Year's day/ Nauraj- 16 August 2022 (Tuesday)
- 22. Janamashtami (Smarta)- 18 August 2022 (Thursday)
- 23. Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi- 31 August 2022 (Wednesday)
- 24. Onam or Thiru Onam Day- 08 Sept 2022 (Thursday)
- 25. Dussehra (Saptami)- 02 Oct 2022 (Sunday)
- 26. Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)- 03 Oct 2022 (Monday)
- 27. Dussehra (Maha Navami)- 04 Oct 2022 (Tuesday)
- 28. Maharishi Valmiki's birthday- 09 Oct 2022 (Sunday)
- 29. Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chauth)- 13 Oct 2022 (Thursday)
- 30. Naraka Chaturdasi- 24 Oct 2022 (Monday)
- 31. Govardhan Puja- 25 Oct 2022 (Tuesday)
- 32. Bhai Duj- 26 Oct 2022 (Wednesday)
- 33. PratiharShashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chatth Pooja)- 30 Oct 2022 (Sunday)
- 34. Guru Tegbahadur Sahidi Day- 24 November 2022 (Thursday)
- 35. On the eve of Christmas Day- 24 December 2022 (Saturday)
- 36. Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday- 29 December 2022 (Thursday)
