Central Government Holidays in the year 2020 – Public / Closed holidays and Restricted Holidays

Central Government Holidays 2020 – Public holidays, Closed Holidays and Restricted Holidays applicable for Central Government Offices in Delhi and outside Delhi during the year 2020. 

F.No.12/1/2019-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 18th June, 2019

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government offices during the year 2020 – 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 2020. 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 or 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 at other places in the State. The final list applicable uniformly to Central Government offices within the concerned State shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no 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 / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKAR SAKARANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAN
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAML / BASANT PANCHAMI
12. VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BKHU / MASHADI UGADI / CENTRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDL 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 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, 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. During 2019, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Saturday, November 14, 2020 (Kartika 23). 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 2018, 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 11(Eleven) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Idu’l Fitr, in the list of compulsory holidays with the Idu’l Fitr 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.

sd/-
(Jugla Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt of India

LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2020 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
1941 SAKA ERA
1.	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Sunday
2.	Holi	March 10	Phalguna 20	Tuesday

S.No.	Holiday	Date		Saka Date	Day
1942 SAKA ERA
3.	Ram Navami	April 02		Chaitra 13	Thursday
4.	Mahavir Jayanti	April 06		Chaitra 17	Monday
5.	Good Friday	April 10		Chaitra 21	Friday
6.	Budha Purnima	May 07		Vaisakha 17	Thursday
7.	Id-ul-Fitr	May 25		Jyaishtha 04	Monday
8.	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	August 01		Sarvana 10	Saturday
9.	Janmashtami	August 12		Sarvana 21	Wednesday
10.	Independence Day	August 15		Sarvana 24	Saturday
11.	Muharram	August 30		Bhadra 08	Sunday
12.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 02		Asvina 10	Friday
13.	Dussehra	October 25		Kartika 03	Sunday
14.	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	October 30		Kartika 08	Friday
15.	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 14		Kartika 23	Saturday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 30	Agrahayana 09		Monday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausha 04		Friday

 

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2020 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
SAKA ERA 1941
1	New Year’s Day	January 01	Pausha 11	Wednesday
2	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	January 02	Pausha 12	Thursday
3	Lohri	January 13	Pausha 23	Monday
4	Makar Sankranti/ Pongal	January 15	Pausha 25	Wednesday
5	Basant Panchami/ Sri Panchami	January 30	Magha 10	Thursday
6	Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	February 09	Magha 20	Sunday
7	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February 18	Magha 29	Tuesday
8	Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Magha 30	Wednesday
9	Maha Shivaratri	February 21	Phalguna 02	Friday
10	Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra	March 09	Phalguna 19	Monday

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
SAKA ERA 1942
11	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	March 09	Phalguna 19	Monday
12	Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand	March 25	Chaitra 05	Wednesday
13	Master Sunday	April 12	Chaitra 23	Sunday
14	Vaisakhi/ Vishu	April 13	Chaitra 24	Monday
15	Mesadi/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 14	Chaitra 25	Tuesday
16	Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday	May 08	Vaisakha 18	Friday
17	Jamat Ul-Vida	May 22	Jyaishtha 01	Friday
18	Rath Yatra	June 23	Ashadha 02	Tuesday
19	Raksha Bandhan	August 03	Sarvana 12	Monday
20	Janmashtami (Smarta)	August 11	Sarvana 20	Tuesday
21	Darsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj	August 16	Sravana 25	Sunday
22	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	August 22	Sravana 31	Saturday
23	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	August 31	Bhadra 09	Monday
24	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	October 23	Kartika 01	Friday
25	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Maha Navmi)(Additional)	October 24	Kartika 02	Saturday
26	Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala)	October 26	Kartika 04	Monday
27	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October 31	Kartika 09	Saturday
28	Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)	November 04	Kartika 13	Wednesday
29	Naraka Chaturdasi	November 14	Kartika 23	Saturday
30	Govardhan Puja	November 15	Kartika 24	Sunday
31	Bhai Duj	November 16	Kartika 25	Monday
32	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)	November 20	Kartika 29	Friday ·
33	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Tuesday
34	Christmas Eve	December 24	Pausha 03	Thursday

 

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