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F. No. 12/5/2021-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 8th June, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2022- 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 2022. 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 at 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 (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. 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 at Annexure -I and Annexure-II baring a few exceptions indicated at para 5.1 and 5.2 hereinafter. The 12 optional holidays are as follows:

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2. HOLI
3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI / 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 / NAORAZ/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 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 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 Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministiy 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’lFitr, IdulZuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date in respect 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 2022, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Monday, October24, 2022 (Kartika2). 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) 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 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 2022, 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 13 (Thirteen) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Id-ul-Zuha, Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, Milad -un- Nabi or Id-e-Milad and Christmas Day 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.

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(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt, of India
PH: 23094678

List of 17 Gazetted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2022

List of 17 Gazetted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2022
Central Govt Holidays in January 2022
Republic Day	26 January 2022 – Wednesday
Central Govt Holidays in February 2022
No Central Govt Holidays in February 2022
Central Govt Holidays in March 2022
Maha Shivratri	01-03-2022 – Tuesday
Holi	18-03-2022 – Friday
Central Govt Holidays in April 2022
Mahavir Jayanti	14-02-2022 – Thursday
Good Friday	15-04-2022 – Friday
Central Govt Holidays in May 2022
Id-ul-Fitr	03-05-2022 – Tuesday
Budha Purnima	16-05-2022 – Monday
Central Govt Holidays in June 2022
No Central Govt Holidays in June 2022
Central Govt Holidays in July 2022
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	10-07-2022 – Sunday
Central Govt Holidays in August 2022
Muharram	09-08-2022 – Tuesday
Independence Day	15-08-2022 – Monday
Janmashtami	19-08-2022 – Friday
Central Govt Holidays in September 2022
No Central Govt Holidays in September 2022
Central Govt Holidays in October 2022
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	02-10-2022 – Sunday
Dussehra	05-10-2022 – Wednesday
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad	09-10-2022 – Sunday
Diwali (Deepavali)	24-10-2022 – Monday
Central Govt Holidays in November 2022
Guru Nanak’s Birthday	08-11-2022 – Tuesday
Central Govt Holidays in December 2022
Christmas Day	25-12-2022 – Sunday

List of 36 Restricted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2022

Central Govt Restricted Holidays in January 2022
New Year’s Day	01-01-2022 – Saturday
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	09-01-2022 – Sunday
Lohri	13-01-2022 – Thursday
Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/ Pongal	14-01-2022 – Friday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in February 2022
Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami	05-02-2022 – Saturday
Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	15-02-2022 – Tuesday
Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	16-02-2022 – Wednesday
Shiva ji Jayanti	19-02-2022 – Saturday
Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	26-02-2022 – Saturday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in March 2022
Holika Dahan	17-03-2022 – Thursday
Dolyatra	18-03-2022 – Friday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in April 2022
Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand	02-04-2022 – Saturday
Ram Navami	10-04-2022 – Sunday
Vaisakhi / Vishu/ Meshadi	14-04-2022 – Thursday
Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	15-04-2022 – Friday
Easter Sunday	17-04-2022 – Sunday
Jamat-Ul-Vida	29-04-2022 – Friday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in May 2022
Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday	09-05-2022 – Monday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in June 2022
No Central Govt Restricted Holidays in June 2022
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in July 2022
Rath Yatra	01-07-2022 – Friday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in August 2022
Raksha Bandhan	11-08-2022 – Thursday
Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj	16-08-2022 – Tuesday
Janmashtami (Smarta)	18-08-2022 – Thursday
Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi	31-08-2022 – Wednesday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in September 2022
Onam or Thiru Onam Day	08-09-2022 – Thursday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in October 2022
Dussehra (Saptami)	02-10-2022 – Sunday
Dussehra (Mahashtami)	03-10-2022 – Monday
Dussehra (Mahanavmi)	04-10-2022 – Tuesday
Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	09-10- 2022 – Sunday
Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)	13-10-2022 – Thursday
Naraka Chaturdasi	24-10-2022 – Monday
Govardhan Puja	25-10-2022 – Tuesday
Bhai Duj – October	26-10-2022 – Wednesday
Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)	30-10-2022 – Sunday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in November 2022
Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	24-11-2022Thursday
Central Govt Restricted Holidays in December 2022
Christmas Eve	24-12-2022 – Saturday
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	29-12-2022 – Thursday

List of Restricted Holidays 2022 in Central Government Employees

List of Restricted Holidays 2022 in Central Government Employees

List of 17 Gazetted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2022

List of 36 Restricted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2022

Central Government Offices Holidays 2022 PDF Download

All State Wise Holidays List 2022 PDF in India

List of Restricted Holidays 2022 in Central Government Employees

List of 17 Gazetted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2022

List of 36 Restricted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2022

Central Government Offices Holidays 2022 PDF Download

All State Wise Holidays List 2022 PDF in India

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