Central Government Employees Holidays List 2019 - CGWN

Central Government Employees Holidays List 2019 - CGWN

Central Government Holidays List 2019 – DoPT Orders dated 11.7.2018

Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the 2019

COMPULSORY HOLIDAYS
REPUBLIC DAY	INDEPENDENCE DAY	MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
BUDDHA PURNIMA	CHRISTMAS DAY	DUSSEHRA
DIWALI	GOOD FRIDAY	GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
IDU’L FuR	IDU’LZUHA	MAHAVIR JAYANTI
MUHARRAM	ID-E-MILAD

Government of India
F. No.12/2/2018-JCA-2

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel and Training)

Establishment (JCA-2) Section

North Block, New Delhi

Dated the 11th July, 2018

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the2019- reg.

It has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure —Ito 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 I 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 FuR
11. IDU’LZUHA
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.

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2. HOLI
3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI – VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKARSANKRANTI
8. RATHYATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAMI I BASANT PANCHAMI
12. VISHU – VAISAKHI – VAISAKHADI – BHAG BIHU – MASHADI UGADI – CHAITRA SUKLADI – CHETI CHAND – GUDI PADAVA – 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 I 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’l Fitr, ldu’l Zuha, Muharram and ld-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 ldu’l Fitr, ldu’l Zuha, Muharram and ld-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.l.BJT.V./A.l.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 I occasions may be determined by such establishments / organisations themselves for the year 2019, subject to pare 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 ld-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.

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(JuglaI Singh)

Deputy Secretary (JCA)

Compulsory and Restricted Holidays for CG Employees 2019

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

NO	HOLIDAY	DATE	SAKA	DAY
1940 Saka Era
1	Republic Day	Jan 26	Magha 06	Sat
2	Maha Shivaratri	Mar 04	Phalguna 13	Mon
3	Holi	Mar 21	Phalguna 30	Thu
1941 Saka Era
4	Mahavir Jayanti	Apr 17	Chaitra 27	Wed
5	Good Friday	Apr 19	Chaitra 29	Fri
6	Buddha Purnima	May 18	Vaisakah 28	Sat
7	Id-Ul-Fitr	Jun 05	Jayaishtha 15	Wed
8	Id-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid)	Aug 12	Sravana 21	Mon
9	Independence Day	Aug 15	Sravana 24	Thu
10	Janmashtami	Aug 24	Bhadra 02	Sat
11	Muharram	Sep 10	Bhadra 19	Tue
12	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	Oct 02	Asvina 10	Wed
13	Dussehra	Oct 08	Asvina 16	Tue
14	Diwali (Deepavali)	Oct 27	Kartika 05	Sun
15	*Milad-un-Nabi	Nov 10	Kartika 19	Sun
16	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	Nov 12	Kartika 21	Tue
17	Christmas Day	Dec 25	Pausha 04	Wed

*Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohamma

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2019

S.NO	HOLIDAY	DATE	SAKA	DAY
SAKA ERA 1940
1	New Year’s day	Jan 01	Pausha 11	Tue
2	Lohri	Jan 13	Pausha 23	Sun
3	Makar Sankranti	Jan 14	Pausha 24	Mon
4	Pongal	Jan 15	Pausha 25	Tue
5	Basant Panchami Sri Panchami	Feb 10	Magha 21	Sun
6	Guru Ravidas’s Birthday	Feb 19	Magha 30	Tue
7	Shivaji Jayanti	Feb 19	Magha 30	Tue
8	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	Mar 01	Phalguna 10	Thu
9	Holika Dahan	Mar 20	Phalguna 29	Wed
10	Dolyatra	Mar 21	Phalguna 30	Thu
11	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	Mar 21	Phalguna 30	Thu
SAKA ERA 1941
12	*Chaitra Sukladi	Apr 06	Chaitra 16	Sat
13	Ram Navami (Smarta)	Apr 13	Chaitra 23	Sat
14	Vaiskhi Vishu Mesadi	Apr 14	Chaitra 24	Sun
15	Vaisakhadi (Bengal) Bahag Bihu (Assam)	Apr 15	Chaitra 25	Mon
16	Easter Sunday	Apr 21	Vaisakha 01	Sun
17	Guru Rabindranath’s birthday	May 09	Vaisakha 19	Thu
18	Jamat -Ul-Vida	May 31	Jyaishtha 10	Fri
19	Rath Yatra	Jul 04	Ashadha 13	Thu
20	Raksha Bandhan	Aug 15	Sravana 24	Thu
21	Parsi New Year’s day Nauraj	Aug 17	Sravana 26	Sat
22	Vinayaka Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi	Sep 02	Bhadra 11	Mon
23	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	Sep 11	Bhadra 20	Wed
24	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	Oct 05	Asvina 13	Sat
25	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)	Oct 06	Asvina 14	Sun
26	Dussehra (Maha Navmi)	Oct 07	Asvina 15	Mon
27	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	Oct 13	Asvina 21	Sun
28	Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)	Oct 17	Asvina 25	Thu
29	Naraka Chaturdasi	Oct 27	Kartika 05	Sun
30	Govardhan Puja	Oct 28	Kartika 06	Mon
31	Bhai Duj	Oct 29	Kartika 07	Tue
32	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)	Nov 02	Kartika 11	Sat
33	Guru Tag Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	Nov 24	Agrahayana 03	Sun
34	Christmas Eve	Dec 24	Pausha 03	Tue

*Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand