Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023: Department of Posts Order dated 18.08.2022

No. 21-01/2022-PE-II

Ministry of Communications

Department of Posts

Establishment Division

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001

Dated 18th August, 2022

To,

All Chief Postmasters General

SUB: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023-reg.

The undersigned is directed to forward herewith a copy of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training OM No. 12/5/2022-JCA dated. 16th June, 2022 on the subject cited above.

It is requested to bring the aforesaid OM to the notice of all concerned.

(Sapna)
Assistant Director General (Estt. )

Copy to:

1. Sr. PPS to Secretary (P)/ Sr. PPS to DG Postal Services. PPS to All Members, Postal Services Board/Addl DG (Coordination)
2. AS&FA/Secretary (PSB)
3. CGM, PLI/CGM, BD&MD/CGM, Parcel Directorate
4. Director, RAKNPA
5. All DDsG/Directors/ADsG in Postal Directorate
6. Additional Director General, APS C/o 56, APO, R. K. Puram, New Delhi
7. DG P&T Audit, Civil Lines, New Delhi – 54
8. GM, CEPT, Mysore, with a request to upload the OM on the India Post Website.
9. SO Guard File(Gulshan Kumar)

Section Officer (PE-II)

Source: DOP :  https://utilities.cept.gov.in//dop/pdfbind.ashx?id=7086

Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023 – Gazetted and Restricted Holidays: DOPT OM dated 16.06.2022

F.No.12/5/2022-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 16 June, 2022

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023- 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 2023. 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:
3. REPUBLIC DAY
4. INDEPENDENCE DAY
5. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
6. BUDDHA PURNIMA
7. CHRISTMAS DAY
8. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
9. DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
10. GOOD FRIDAY
11. GURU NANAK’ S BIRTHDAY
12. IDU’L FITR
13. IDU’L ZUHA
14. MAHAVIR JAYANTI
15. MUHARRAM
16. 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 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’lFitr, Idu’lZuha, 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 2023, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Sunday, November 12, 2023 (Kartika 21). 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 2023, 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 14 (Fourteen) 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.

(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
Ph. 23094678

To

1. All Ministries/ Departments of Government of India.
2. UPSC/ CVC/ C&AG/ PMO/ Lok Sabha Secretariat/ Rajya Sabha Secretariat/ President’s Secretariat/ Vice-President’ s Secretariat/ Supreme Court/ High Court of the States/ Central Administrative Tribunal Principal Bench/ Election Commission of India/ Minorities Commission / National Human Rights Commission/ Central Information Commission/ National Commission for Women/ National Commission for SC/ NCST/ NCBC.
3. All attached and subordinate offices of Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions.
4. Secretary, Staff Side, National Council (JCM), 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi.
5. All Staff Side Members of the National Council (JCM).
6. All Staff Side Members of the Departmental Council (JCM),Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions.
7. Chairman / Secretaries, Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees (As per updated list from Welfare Section).
8. PS to Cabinet Secretary.
9. Deputy Secretary (Coordination) , Delhi Govt. Secretariat, I.G. Stadium, I.T.O., New Delhi.
10. The Manager (Store),Government of India, Forms Store, 166 Lenin Sarai, Kolkata
11. Chief Secretaries to all the State Governments/ Union Territories.
12. Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity, PTI Building, New Delhi
13. Deputy Director (Bills), Dte. of Printing, B-Wing, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi
14. Positional Astronomy Centre, Block-AQ, Plot No.8 Sector-V, Saltlake, Manish Bathan, Kolkata – 700091
15. Facilitation Centre, DOP&T (20 copies)

ANNEXURE –I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2023 TO BE OBSERVED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
1944 SAKA ERA
1.	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Thursday
2.	Holi	March 08	Phalguna 17	Wednesday
1945 SAKA ERA
3.	Ram Navami	March 30	Chaitra 09	Thursday
4.	Mahavir Jayanti	April 04	Chaitra 14	Thuesday
5.	Good Friday	April 07	Chaitra 17	Friday
6.	Id-ul-Fitr	April 22	Vaisakha 02	Saturday
7.	Budha Purnima	May 05	Vaisakha 15	Friday
8.	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	June 29	Ashadha 08	Thursday
9.	Muharram	July 29	Sarvana 07	Saturday
10.	Independence Day	August 15	Sarvana 24	Tuesday
11.	Janmashtami (Vaishnava)	September 07	Bhadra 16	Thursday
12.	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	September 28	Asvina 06	Thursday
13.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Monday
14.	Dussehra	October 24	Kartika 02	Tuesday
15.	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 12	Kartika 21	Sunday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 27	Agarhayana 06	Monday
17.	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausha 04	Monday

 

ANNEXURE-II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2023 IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

S.No.		Holiday		Date			Saka Date				Day
SAKA ERA 1944
1.		New Year’s Day		January	01		Pausha		11		Sunday
2.		Makar Sankranti/ Magha/ Bihu /		January	14		Pausha		24		Saturday
3.		Pongal		January	15		Pausha		25		Sunday
4.		Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami		January	26		Magha		06		Saturday
5.		Hazarat Ali’s Birthday		February	05		Magha		16		Sunday
6.		Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati		February	15		Magha		26		Wednesday
7.		Maha Shivratri		February	18		Magha		29		Saturday
8.		Shiva ji Jayanti		February	19		Magha		30		Sunday
9.		Holika Dahan, dolyatra		March	07		Phalguna		16		Tuesday
SAKA ERA 1945
10.	Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi/ Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand			March	22		Chaitra		01		Wednesday
11.	Easter Sunday			April	09		Chaitra		19		Sunday
12.	Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi			April	14		Chaitra		24		Friday
13.	Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)			April	15		Chaitra		25		Saturday
14.	Jamat-Ul-Vida			April	21		Vaisakha		01		Friday
15.	Birthday of Guru Rabindranath’s			May	09		Vaisakha		19		Tuesday
S.No.		Holiday	Date					Saka Date				Day
16.		Rath Yatra	June			20		Jyaishtha		30		Tuesday
17.		Raksha Bandhan	August			11		Sarvana		20		Thursday
18.		Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj	August			16		Sravana		25		Wednesday
19.		Onam or Thiru Onam Day	August			29		Bhadra		07		Tuesday
20.		Raksha Bandhan	August			30		Bhadra		08		Wednesday
21.		Janmashtami (Samarta)	September			06		Bhadra		15		Wednesday
22.		Ganesh Chaturthi	September			19		Bhadra		28		Tuesday
23.		Dussehra (Saptami)	October			21		Asvina		29		Saturday
24.		Dussehra (Mahashtami)	October			22		Asvina		30		Sunday
25.		Dussehra (Mahanavmi)	October			23		Kartika		01		Monday
26.		Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October			28		Kartika		06		Saturday
27.		Karaka Chaturthi (KarwaChouth)	November			01		Kartika		10		Wednesday
28.		Naraka Chaturdasi	November			12		Kartika		21		Sunday
29.		Govardhan Puja	November			13		Kartika		22		Monday
30.		Bhai Duj	November			15		Kartika		24		Wednesday
31.		PratiharShashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)	November			19		Kartika		28		Sunday
32.		Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November			24		Agrahayana		03		Friday
33.		Christmas Eve	December			24		Pausha		03		Sunday

 

Source: DOPT