Holidays to be observed in Department of Posts for the year – 2019

Holidays to be observed in Department of Posts for the year – 2019

No. 21-1/2018-PE-II

Government of India

Ministry of Communication & IT

Department of Posts

Establishment Division

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001

Dated: 30th October 2018

01-11-2018

To,

All Chief Postmasters General,

All Postmasters General,

SUB: Holidays to be observed in Department of Posts for the year – 2019

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to forward herewith a copy of DOPT circular No. 12/2/2018-JCA-2 dated 11th July 2018 on Holidays to be observed in the Central Government Offices during the year 2019 for further necessary action at your end.

Yours sincerely,

(D.K. Tripathi)

Assistant Director General (Estt.)

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 the 11th July, 2018

Subject: 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 outsides Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsory 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.

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. VISHNU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA / 1ST NAVATRA / 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’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 Idu’l 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 the 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.

(Jugal Singh)

Deputy Secretary (JCA)

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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 SAKA ERA
1.	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Saturday
2.	Maha Shivaratri	March 04	Phalguna 13	Monday
3.	Holi	March 21	Phalguna 30	Thursday
1940 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-I
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 Sankaranti			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 / Chetti Chand			April 06		Chaitra 16		Saturday
13.	Ram Navami (Smarta)			April 13		Chaitra 23		Saturday
14.	Vaiskhi / Vishnu / 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 Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day			November 24		Agrahayana 03		Sunday
34.	Christmas Eve			December 24		Pausha 03		Tuesday

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