List of Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2016

Central Government Holiday List 2016 – DOPT releases list of Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2016

F.No.12/7/2015-JCA-2

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi

Dated the 11th June, 2015

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2016- reg.

It has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure -I to this GM. will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/ New Delhi during the year 2016. 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 / 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 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 a other places in the State. The final list applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State shall be notified according and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that change is permissible in regard to festivals and dates as indicated.

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA

2. HOLI

3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)

4. RAM NAVAMI

5. MAHA SHIVRATRI

6. GANESH CHATURTHI I 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 / 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 festivals falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended to this OM. 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, 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 Idul 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. During 2016, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Sunday , October 30, 2016 (Kartika 08). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Narakachaturdasi 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 2016, subject to para 3.2 above.

8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays 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 10(Ten)) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Budh Purnima, Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, Diwali and Christmas included in the list of compulsory holidays and 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.

(A. Asho Chalai)

Director (JCA)

Encl.- List of Leave

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2016 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

Sl. No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
		2016 A.D.	1937 SAKA ERA
1	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Tuesday
			1938 SAKA ERA
2	Holi	March 24	Chaitra 04	Thursday
3	Good Friday	March 25	Chaitra 05	Friday
4	Ram Navami	April 15	Chaitra 26	Friday
5	Mahavir Jayanti	April 20	Chaitra 31	Wednesday
6	Buddha Purnima	May 21	Visakha 31	Saturday
7	Idu’l Fitr	July 06	Ashadha 15	Wednesday
8	Independence Day	August 15	Sravana 24	Monday
9	Janmashtami	August 25	Bhadra 03	Thursday
10	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	September 12	Bhadra 21	Monday
11	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Day	October 02	Asvina 10	Sunday
12	Dussehra	October 11	Asvina 19	Tuesday
13	Muharram	October 12	Asvina 20	Wednesday
14	Diwali (Deepavali)	October 30	Kartika 08	Sunday
15	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 14	Kartika 23	Monday
16	Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	December 13	Agrahayana 22	Tuesday
17	Chirstmas Day	December 25	Pausha 04	Sunday

ANNEXURE – II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

Sl. No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
			1937 SAKA ERA
1	New Year’s Day	January 01	Pausha 11	Friday
2	Makar Sankranti	January 14	Pausha 24	Thursday
3	Pongal	January 15	Pausha 25	Friday
4	Guru Govind Singh’s Birthday	January 16	Pausha 26	Saturday
5	Basant Panchami/Sri Panchmi	February 12	Magha 23	Friday
6	Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Magha 30	Friday
7	Guru Ravidas’s Birth Day	February 22	Phalguna 03	Monday
8	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	March 04	Phalguna 14	Friday
9	Maha Shivaratri	March 07	Phalguna 17	Monday
			1938 SAKA ERA
10	Holika Dahan, Dolyatra	March 23	Chaitra 03	Wednesday
11	Easter Sunday	March 27	Chaitra 07	Sunday
12	Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand	April 08	Chaitra 19	Friday
13	Vaisakhi/vishu	April 13	Chaitra 24	Wednesday
14	Masadi/Vaisakhadi, Bahag Bihu (Asam)	April 14	Chaitra 25	Thursday
15	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	April 01	Vaisakha 01	Thursday
16	Guru Rabindranath’s birthday	May 08	Vaisakha 18	Sunday
17	Jamat-Ul-Vida	July 01	Ashadha 10	Friday
18	Rath Yatra	July 06	Ashadha 15	Wednesday
19	Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj	August 17	Sravana 26	Wednesday
20	Raksha Bandhan	August 18	Sarvana 27	Thursday
21	Ganesh Chaturthi/ Vinayaka Chaturthi	September 05	Bhadra 14	Monday
22	Onam	September 14	Bhadra 23	Wednesday
23	Dussehra (Maha Saptami)	October 08	Asvina 16	Saturday
24	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)	October 09	Asvina 17	Sunday
25	Dussehra (Maha Navmi)	October 10	Asvina 18	Monday
26	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October 16	Asvina 24	Sunday
27	Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)	October 19	Asvina 27	Wednesday
28	Deepavali (south India)	October 29	Kartika 07	Saturday
29	Naraka Chaturdasi	October 29	Kartika 07	Saturday
30	Govardhan Puja	October 31	Kartika 09	Monday
31	Bhai Duj	November 01	Kartika 10	Tuesday
32	Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 06	Kartika 15	Sunday
33	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Thursday
34	Christmas Eve	December 24	Pausha 03	Saturday

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Color Marking made in the Calendar below to denote the type of holiday
	Holidays marked with this color are Optional Closed and Restricted holidays – Three and Nine out of these twelve days are to be announced by CG Welfare Association at State level as closed holidays and restricted holidays respectively. The other restricted holidays (RH) are to be decided at State Level
	Holiday marked with this color are Compulsory Closed holidays irrespective of States
	Restricted holidays (RH) applicable to offices situated in Delhi / New Delhi only
	Compulsory closed holidays applicable to offices situated in Delhi / New Delhi only