Gazetted Holiday List 2023 West Bengal (WB) PDF

Gazetted Holiday List 2023 West Bengal (WB) PDF

Holidays 2023 PDF Download – West Bengal Government Public Holidays for the year 2023

Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
“NABANNA”
325, Sarat Chatterjee Road
Howrah-711102

No. 4331-F(P2)

Howrah, the 21st October, 2022.

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the power conferred by the explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), read with Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Notification No. 20/25/56-pub(l) dated the 8th June, 1957 the Governor is pleased to declare the days as specified at List-1 below to be Public Holidays during the year 2023.

3. Further, the Governor is pleased to declare that the days as specified at List-III may be observed as Sectional Holidays in the year 2023 for the employees of different communities mentioned against the day

WB Govt Public Holiday List 2023 PDF

List-1 (Public Holidays in 2023 under the N. I. Act)
Festivel	Date	Day
Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda	12 Jan 2023	Thursday
Netaji’s Birth Day	23 Jan 2023	Monday
Republic Day	26 Jan2023	Thursday
Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami]	26 Jan 2023	Thursday
Doljatra	7 March 2023	Tuesday
Mahavir Jayanti	4 April 2023	Tuesday
Good Friday	7 April 2023	Friday
Birth Day of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar	14 April 2023	Friday
Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha)	15 April 2023	Saturday
Eid-UI-Fitr	22 April 2023	Saturday
May Day	1 May 2023	Monday
Buddha Purnima	5 May 2023	Friday
Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore	9 May 2023	Tuesday
Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid)	29 June 2023	Thursday
Muharram	29 July 2023	Saturday
Independence Day	15 Aug 2023	Tuesday
Birth Day of Gandhiji	2 Octob 2023	Monday
Mahalaya	14 Octob 2023	Saturday
Durga Puja, Maha Saptami	21 Octob 2023	Saturday
Durga Puja, Maha Nabami	23 Octob 2023	Monday
Durga Puja, Dasami	24 Octob 2023	Tuesday
Lakshmi Puja	28 Octob 2023	Saturday
Bhratridwitiya	15 Nov 2023	Wednesday
Birth Day of Guru Nanak	27 Nov 2023	Monday
Christmas Day	25 Dec 2023	Monday

Yearly Closing of Bank Account: 1st April (Saturday) (for Banks only)

(Note: The Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holiday including Treasuries, Sub-Treasuries shall remain open).

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List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2023)
Festivel	Date	day
Day before Saraswati Puja	25 Jan 2023	Wednesday
Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma	14 Feb 2023	Tuesday
Shivaratri	18 Feb 2023	Saturday
Holi (Day after Doljatra)	8 Mar 2023	Wednesday
Day before Eid-UI-Fitr	21 Apr 2023	Friday
Rathayatra	20 June 2023	Tuesday
Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only)	13 July 2023	Thursday
Rakhi Bandhan	30 Aug 2023	Wednesday
Janmastami	6 Sep 2023	Wednesday
Fateha-Dwaz-Daham	28 Sep 2023	Thursday
Durga Puja, Maha Chaturthi	18 Oct 2023	Wednesday
Durga Puja, Maha Panchami	19 Oct 2023	Thursday
Durga Puja, Maha Shashthi	20 Oct 2023	Friday
Additional Day for Durga Puja	25 Oct 2023	Wednesday
Additional Day for Durga Puja	26 Oct 2023	Thursday
Additional Day for Durga Puja	27 Oct 2023	Friday
Additional Day for Kali Puja	13 Nov 2023	Monday
Additional Day for Kali Puja	14 Nov 2023	Tuesday
Birth Day of Birsa Munda	15 Nov 2023	Wednesday
Day after Bhratridwitiya	16  Nov2023	Thursday
Additional Day for Chhat Puja	20 Nov 2023	Monday

(##) Birth Day of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 5th May 2023 – Friday, which is a holiday under N. I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-II.

List-III (Sectional Holidays in 2023)

Easter Saturday	8″April (Saturday) [for Christians only]
Hui Diwas	30″ June (Friday) [for Adivasi (Santhal)only.]
Karam Puja	To be notified later on

($$) Shab-e-Barat, Sectional Holiday for Muslim Community falls on 8th March, 2023 (Wednesday), which is a Holiday under State Government & therefore has not been shown separately in List-III.

Note:
1. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
2. In the year 2023, the following festivals / occasions fall on Sundays which are Public Holidays under N. I. Act and hence have not been included in lists:

i) New Year’s Day	1st January 2023 – Sunday
ii) Birth Day of Guru Rabidas (for the followers of Guru Rabidas)	5th February 2023 – Sunday
iii) Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur (Madhu Krishna TroyodashiTithi)	19th March 2023 – Sunday
iv) Durga Puja Maha Ashtami	22nd October 2023 – Sunday
v) Kali Puja	12th November 2023 – Sunday
vi) Chhat Puja	19th November 2023 – Sunday

3. The holiday with double asterisk marks i.e. (**) is applicable to those Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holiday.

4. General instructions as laid down hereunder are to be followed in case of Muslim festivals.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED IN ALL TYPES OF HOLIDAYS INCLUDING HOLIDAYS FOR THE MUSLIM FESTIVALS

1) No substitute holiday shall be allowed if any of the festival – holidays initially notified 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.

2) If there is any change in the date of Eid-UI-Fitr, Id-Ud-Zoha, Muharram, Fateha-Dwaz-Daham, Shab- e-Barat depending upon the sighting of the moon, holiday will be declared by a separate order for the date on which the festival would be actually observed in lieu of the date originally notified as holiday for this festival.

3) It may happen that the change of date of abovementioned occasions has to be notified at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement would be made through T.V. / A.I.R. / News Papers and Heads of Department / Offices of the State Government may take action according to such announcements without waiting for formal order about the change of date.

By order of the Governor,

Sd/- Dr. Manoj Pant
Additional Chief Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal

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