Andhra Pradesh Central Government Holidays 2022 – Closed and Restricted Holidays
Central Government Holidays for the year 2022 for all Central Government Office in Andhra Pradesh – Closed Holidays (compulsory holidays) and Restricted Holidays decided by CGEWCC, Vijayawada
Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee (CGEWCC), Vijayawada – DOPT (Department of Personnel and Training) issues a common holiday list for all Central government Employees throughout India. This Closed holidays and Restricted holidays list is issued in Three Parts
1. 14 Central Government Closed Holidays (compulsory holidays) which decided by DOPT itself every year. These closed holidays of National importance and hence it is followed throughout India for all Central Government Offices.
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)
2. Three Additional Closed Holidays (compulsory Holidays) out of 12 closed holidays listed by DOPT in the Central Government Holidays List announced by each year. DOPT has issued following Office Memorandum for Central Government Holidays List 2022 in which Para 3.3 provides 12 Closed holidays out of which Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee (CGEWCC) functioning in each State / State Capital will select 3 additional closing holidays for the Central Government Offices functioning in their state.
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/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA / 1ST NAVRATRA / NAORAZ / CHHATH POOJA / KARVA CHAUTH.
3. Two Restricted Holidays can be chosen from the list of Restricted Holidays list decided by Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee (CGEWCC) functioning in each State / State Capital. This restricted holidays list is decided in such a way that the remaining 9 optional closed holidays list provided by DOPT is included in the said Restricted Holidays list prepared by Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee (CGEWCC) functioning in each State / State Capital.
Checkout Central Government Holidays 2022 Office Memorandum issued by DOPT
Following the above principles, Andhra Pradesh Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee (CGEWCC) has prepared following Central Government Closed holidays 2022 and Restricted holidays 2022, which are tabulated below.
Annexure – I
LIST OF CLOSED HOLIDAYS TO BE OBSERVED IN ALL THE CENTRAL GOVT. OFFICES IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA. PRADESH DURING THE YEAR 2022
SI.No. | Holiday | As decided by CGEWCC, Vijayawada | Day |
1 | Makara Sankranti | January 14 | Friday |
2 | Republic Day | January 26 | Wednesday |
3 | Maha Shivaratri | March 01 | Tuesday |
4 | Mahavir Jayanthi | April 14 | Thursday |
5 | Good Friday | April 15 | Friday |
6 I | d-ul-Fitr | May 03 | Tuesday |
7 | Buddha Purnima | May 16 | Monday |
8 I | d-ul-Zuha(Bakrid} | July 10 | Sunday |
9 | Muharram | August 09 | Tuesday |
10 I | Independence Day | August 15 | Monday |
11 | Ganesh Chaturthi | August 31 | Wednesday |
12 | Mahatma Gandhi’s Jayanthi | October 02 | Sunday |
13 | Dussehra (Vijay Dasami} | October 05 | Wednesday |
14 | Milad-un-Nabi or d-e- Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad} | October 09 | Sunday |
15 | Diwali (Deepavali) | October 24 | Monday |
16 | Gurunanak’s Birthday | November 08 | Tuesday |
17 | Christmas Day | December 25 | Sunday |
Sd/-
(M. ANIL KUMAR, IRS)
Chairman, CGEWCC, Vijayawada
Principal Commissioner of Income Tax,
Vijayawada.
Annexure – II
LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS TO BE OBSERVED IN ALL THE CENTRAL GOVT. OFFICES IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH DURING THE YEAR 2022
SI. No. | Holiday | As decided by CGEWCC, Vijayawada | Day |
1 | New Years’s Day | January 01 | Saturday |
2 | Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | January 09 | Sunday |
3 | Lohri | January 13 | Thursday |
4 | Basant Panchami/ Sri Panchami | February 05 | Saturday |
5 | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | February 15 | Tuesday |
6 | Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | February 16 | Wednesday |
7 | Shivaji Jayanti | February 19 | Saturday |
8 | Swamy Dayananda Saraswathi Jayanti | February 26 | Saturday |
9 | Holika Dahan | March 17 | Thursday |
10 | Dolyatra | March 18 | Friday |
11 | Holi | March 18 | Friday |
12 | Ugadi | April 02 | Saturday |
13 | Ram Navami | April 10 | Sunday |
14 | Mesadi Tamil New Year’s Day | April 14 | Thursday |
15 | Vaisakhadi ( Bengal)Â IBahag Bihu (Assam) | April 15 | Friday |
16 | Easter Sunday | April 17 | Sunday |
17 | Jamat-Ul-Vida | April 29 | Friday |
18 | Guru Rabindranath’s birthday | May 09 | Monday |
19 | Rath Yatra | July 01 | Friday |
20 | Raksha Bandhan | August 11 | Thursday |
21 | Varalakshmi Vratham | August 12 | Friday |
22 | Parsi New Year’s Day/ Nauraj | August 16 | Tuesday |
23 | Janmashtami (Smarta) | August 18 | Thursday |
24 | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | September 08 | Thursday |
25 | Dussehra (Saptami) | October 02 | Sunday |
26 | Dussehra (Mahashtami) | October 03 | Monday |
27 | Dussehra (Mahanavmi) | October 04 | Tuesday |
28 | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | October 09 | Sunday |
29 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | October 13 | Thursday |
30 | Naraka Chaturdasi | October 24 | Monday |
31 | Govardhan Puja | October 25 | Tuesday |
32 | Bhai Duj | October 26 | Wednesday |
33 | Pratihar shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | October 30 | Sunday |
34 | Guru Tej Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | November 24 | Thursday |
35 | Christmas Eve | December 24 | Saturday |
36 | Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | December 29 | Thursday |
Sd/-
(M. ANIL KUMAR, RS)
Chairman, CGEWCC, Vijayawada Principal Commissioner of Income Tax,
Vijayawada.