Compulsory & Restricted Holidays List for the year 2022: CGEWCC, Kolkata

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS
10-A, S. K. BOSE ROAD, KOLKATA – 700 001

Pt. Il O.O. No.902

Date: 08.10.2021

Subject : List of Compulsory & Restricted Holidays for the year 2022.

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Consequent upon the decision taken by the Central Government Employees’ Welfare Co-Ordination Committee, Kolkata, vide letter No. C.G.E.W.C.C./Kol/Holiday2022/2021-22/503 dated 04.10.2021, Main Office including Railway Section of the Principal Controller of Accounts (Fys ), Kolkata & RTC (ER) and the Accounts Offices under CFA(Fys) BGF will observe 17(seventeen) Compulsory holidays as in Annexure-A and 2 ( two } Restricted Holidays from the list of 36(Thirty six ) Restricted holidays as in Annexure-B for the calendar year 2022. The date of Holidays for the Muslim Festivals may be changed on sighting of the Moon and decision to be taken by the CGEWCC, Kolkata based on the decision of the State Government in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zoha [ld-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid )], Muharram and Id-e- Milad.

No hard copy will be provided separately.

Authority : Office Note No. 155/AN-IV/Holiday
dt. 08.10.2021

(Dr. K. LALBJAKCHHUNGA)
Dy. Controller of Accounts(Fys)

ANNEXURE-A

LIST OF COMPULSORY HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2022

Sl. No.	Holidays & Connected Festivals	Month & Date 2022 A.D	Days of Week
1.	Republic Day	January, 26	Wednesday
2.	Holi	March,18	Friday
3.	Mahavir Jayanti	April,14	Thursday
4.	Good Friday	April,15	Friday
5.	Id-ul Fitr	May,3	Tuesday
6.	Buddha Purnima	May,16	Monday
7.	Rath Yatra	July,01	Friday
8.	ld-Uz-Zuha(Bakrid)	July,10,	Sunday
9.	Muharram	August,09	Tuesday
10.	Independence Day	August,15	Monday
11.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October,02	Sunday
12.	Dussehra (Mahashtami)( Additional day)	October,03	Monday
13.	Dussehra	October,05	Wednesday
14.	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad ( Birth Day Prophet Mahammad )	October,09	Sunday
15.	Diwali ( Deepavali)	October,24	Monday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November,08	Tuesday
17.	Christmas Day	December,25	Sunday

ANNEXURE-B

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2022

Sl. No.	Restricted Holidays & Connected Festivals	Month & Date 2022 A.D	Days of Week
SAKA ERA 1943
1.	New Years Day	January, 01	Saturday
2.	Guru Govind Singh’s Birthday	January, 09	Sunday
3.	Lohri	January, 13	Thursday
4.	Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/Pongal	January, 14	Friday
5.	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birthday	January, 23	Sunday
6.	Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami _	February, 05	Saturday
7.	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday :	February, 15	Tuesday
8.	Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	-February, 16	Wednesday
9.	Shivaji Jayanti	February, 19	Saturday
10.	Swami Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti	February, 26	Saturday
11.	Maha Shivaratri	March, 01	Tuesday
12.	Holika Dahan	March, 17	Thursday
13.	Dolyatra	March, 18	Friday
SAKA ERA 1944
14.	Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand	April, 02	Saturday
15.	Ram Navami	April, 10	Sunday
16.	Vaisakhi/Bishu/Meshadi	April, 14	Thursday
17.	Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/Bahag Bihu(Assam)	Apr, 15	Friday
18.	Easter Sunday	April, 17	Sunday
19.	Jamat-ul-Vida	April, 29	Friday
20.	Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday	May, 09	Monday
21.	Raksha Bandhan	August, 11	Thursday
22.	Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj	August, 16	Tuesday
23.	Janmashtami (Smarta)	August, 18	Thursday
24.	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	August, 31	Wednesday
25.	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	September, 08	Thursday
26.	Dussehra(Saptami)	October, 02	Sunday
27.	Dussehra (Mahanavmi )	October, 04	Tuesday
28.	\| Maharshi 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 Shasthi(Chhat Puja)	October, 30	Sunday
34.	Jagaddhatri Puja	November, 02	Wednesday
35.	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November, 24	Thursday
36.	Christmas Eve	December, 24	Saturday