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F.No.12/2/2023-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Establishment (JCA) Section
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 3rd July, 2023
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2024- reg.
It has been decided that the holidays, as specified in Annexure-I to this O.M., will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located in Delhi/ New Delhi during the year 2024. 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 specified in Annexure – II.
2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays, to be chosen out of the 12 optional holidays indicated below at para 3.1:
1. REPUBLIC DAY
2.INDEPENDENCE DAY
3.MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4.BUDDHA PURNIMA
5.CHRISTMAS DAY
6.DUSSEHRA (VIJAYADASHAMI)
7.DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8.GOOD FRIDAY
9.GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10.EID UL FITR
11.EID UL ADHA
12.MAHAVIR JAYANTI
13.MUHARRAM
14.PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)
3.1. For offices located in New Delhi/Delhi, three holidays are selected by the D/o Personnel & Training and for the offices located outside Delhi/New Delhi three holidays are to be chosen 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, from the list indicated below. 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. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in the festivals and dates, as indicated in Annexure -I and Annexure II baring a few exceptions indicated in para 5.1 and 5.2 hereinafter. The 12 optional holidays are as follows:
1.AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2.HOLI
3.JANMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4.RAM NAVAMI
5.MAHA SHIVRATRI
6.GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAKA CHATURTHI
7.MAKAR SANKRANTI
8.RATH YATRA
9.ONAM
10.PONGAL
11.SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI
12.VISHU / VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BOHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADWA / 1st NAVRATRA / NOWRUZ / CHHATH PUJA / 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 as annexure-II 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 a separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance. However, the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are also 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 Eid ul Fitr, Eid ul Adha, Muharram, and Eid-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon the 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 authorized to change the date of the holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Eid ul Fitr, Eid ul Adha, Muharram, and Eid-e-Milad.
5.3 It may happen that the change of date in respect of the above occasions has to be declared at very short notice. In such a situation, an announcement could be made through P.I.B / T.V. / A.I.R. / Newspapers and the Heads of Departments /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 2024, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Sunday, November 12, 2024 (Kartika 21). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.s., on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if a holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) in 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 up to 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/organizations themselves for the year 2024, subject to para 3.2 above.
8. Union Territory Administration 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 14 (Fourteen) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Id-ul-Fitr, Muharram and Diwali included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days 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.
(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
ANNEXURE–I
LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2024 TO BE OBSERVED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI
The following list of holidays will be gazetted holidays for the year 2024.
List of 17 Central Government Gazetted Holidays in 2024 PDF
S.No. | Holiday 2024 | Date | Day |
1. | Republic Day | January 26 | Friday |
2. | Holi | March 25 | Monday |
3. | Good Friday | March 29 | Friday |
4. | Id-ul-Fitr | April 11 | Thursday |
5. | Ram Navami | April 17 | Wednesday |
6. | Mahavir Jayanti | April 21 | Sunday |
7. | Budha Purnima | May 23 | Thursday |
8. | Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) | June 17 | Monday |
9. | Muharram | July 17 | Wednesday |
10. | Independence Day | August 15 | Thursday |
11. | Janmashtami (Vaishnava) | August 26 | Monday |
12. | Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) | September 16 | Monday |
13. | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday | October 02 | Wednesday |
14. | Dussehra | October 12 | Saturday |
15. | Diwali (Deepavali) | October 31 | Thursday |
16. | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | November 15 | Friday |
17. | Christmas Day | December 25 | Wednesday |
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ANNEXURE-II
LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2024 IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI
The following list of holidays will be restricted holidays for the year 2024.
S.No | Holiday 2024 | Date | Day |
1. | New Year’s Day | January 01 | Monday |
2. | Lohri | January 13 | Saturday |
3. | Makar Sankranti | January 14 | Sunday |
4. | Magha Bihu/ Pongal | January 15 | Monday |
5. | Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | January 17 | Wednesday |
6. | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | January 25 | Thursday |
7. | Sri Panchami, Basant Panchami | February 14 | Wednesday |
8. | Shiva ji Jayanti | February 19 | Monday |
9. | Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | February 24 | Saturday |
10. | Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati | March 06 | Wednesday |
11. | Maha Shivratri | March 08 | Friday |
12. | Holika dahan | March 24 | Sunday |
13. | Dolyatra | March 25 | Monday |
14. | Easter Sunday | March 31 | Sunday |
15. | Jamat-Ul-Vida | April 05 | Friday |
16. | Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/Ugadi/ Cheti Chand | April 09 | Tuesday |
17. | Vaisakhi / Vishu | April 13 | Saturday |
18. | Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day) / Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | April 14 | Sunday |
19. | Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore | May 08 | Wednesday |
20. | Rath Yatra | July 07 | Sunday |
21. | Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj | August 15 | Thursday |
22. | Raksha Bandhan | August 19 | Monday |
23. | Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi | September 07 | Saturday |
24. | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | September 15 | Sunday |
25. | Dusshera (Saptami) | October 10 | Thursday |
26. | Dussehra (Mahashtami) /Dussehra (Mahanavmi) | October 11 | Friday |
27. | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | October 17 | Thursday |
28. | Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | October 20 | Sunday |
29. | Naraka Chaturdasi | October 31 | Thursday |
30. | Govardhan Puja | November 02 | Saturday |
31. | Bhai Duj | November 03 | Sunday |
32. | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) | November 07 | Thursday |
33. | Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | November 24 | Sunday |
34. | Christmas Eve | December 24 | Tuesday |
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How many holidays in a Year 2024?
List of Gazetted Holidays in 17 and Restricted Holidays 34 for Central Government employees during the year 2024 in new Delhi.
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How many Dopt Holiday Declared Central Government Offices during in the Year 2024?
The Dopt Declared 3rd July 2024 in Central Government Offices during Gazetted Holidays 14 Compulsory Holidays, 3 National Holidays, 34 Restricted Holidays and 12 Optional Holidays.
When is Dussehra Festival Observed in 2024?
The Dussehra Festival will be Observed on Saturday, 12 October 2024.