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The Central Government of India has recently announced the holiday list for its offices located in Delhi and other Delhi during the year 2022.
As per the notification dated 8th June 2021, the list of compulsory holidays to be observed in all Central Government offices located outside Delhi/New Delhi. The same has to be observed in all CSD Depot and URC after the guidelines issued by the Competent Authority.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has published the list of Closed Holidays (Public Holidays) for all Central Government Offices in Delhi and throughout India. Since the restricted holidays for the respect of Central Government Offices outside Delhi will be decided by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee (CGEWCC) in the State Capitals.
Table of 17 Holidays and 36 Restricted Holidays for Central Govt Administrative Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi during the year 2022
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 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 compulsory 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 Capital, 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. JANMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAMA NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI, VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKAR SANKRANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAMI, BASANT PANCHAMI
12. VISHU, BAISAKHI, VAISAKHADI, BOHAG BIHU, MASHADI UGADI, CHAITRA SUKLADI, CHETI CHAND, GUDI PADWA, 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 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 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’l Fitr, Id ul Zuha, 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 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, October 24, 2022 (Kartika 2). 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 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/organisations themselves for the year 2022, 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 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
Central Government Office Gazetted Holiday List 2022
Central Government Holiday List January 2022
Republic Day
26 January 2022
Wednesday
06 Magah
1943 Saka Era
Central Government Holiday List March 2022
Maha Shivratri
01 March 2022
Tuesday
10 Phalguna
1943 Saka Era
Holi
18 March 2022
Friday
27 Phalguna
1943 Saka Era
Central Government Holiday List April 2022
Mahavir Jayanti
14 April 2022
Thursday
24 Chaitra
1944 Saka Era
Good Friday
15 April 2022
Friday
25 Chaitra
1944 Saka Era
Central Government Holiday List May 2022
Id-ul-Fitr
03 May 2022
Tuesday
13 Vaisakha
1944 Saka Era
Budha Purnima
16 May 2022
Monday
26 Vaisakha
1944 Saka Era
Central Government Holiday List July 2022
Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)
10 July 2022
Sunday
19 Ashadha
1944 Saka Era
Central Government Holiday List August 2022
Muharram
09 August 2022
Tuesday
18 Sarvana
1944 Saka Era
Independence Day
15 August 2022
Monday
24 Sarvana
1944 Saka Era
Janmashtami
19 August 2022
Friday
28 Sarvana
1944 Saka Era
Central Government Holiday List October 2022
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
02 October 2022
Sunday
10 Asvina
1944 Saka Era
Dussehra
05 October 2022
Wednesday
13 Asvina
1944 Saka Era
Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)
09 October 2022
Sunday
17 Asvina
1944 Saka Era
Diwali (Deepavali)
24 October 2022
Monday
02 Kartika
1944 Saka Era
Central Government Holiday List November 2022
Guru Nanak’s Birthday
08 November 2022
Tuesday
17 Kartika
1944 Saka Era
Central Government Holiday List December 2022
Christmas Day
25 December 2022
Sunday
04 Pausha
1944 Saka Era
Central Government Office Restricted Holiday List 2022
CG Office Holidays in January 2022
New Year’s Day
01 January 2022
Saturday
11 Pausha
1943 Saka Era
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday
09 January 2022
Sunday
19 Pausha
1943 Saka Era
Lohri
13 January 2022
Thursday
23 Pausha
1943 Saka Era
Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu / Pongal
14 January 2022
Friday
24 Pausha
1943 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in February 2022
Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami
05 February 2022
Saturday
16 Magha
1943 Saka Era
Hazarat Ali’s Birthday
15 February 2022
Tuesday
26 Magha
1943 Saka Era
Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday
16 February 2022
Wednesday
27 Magha
1943 Saka Era
Shiva Ji Jayanti
19 February 2022
Saturday
30 Magha
1943 Saka Era
Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti
26 February 2022
Saturday
07 Phalguna
1943 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in March 2022
Holika Dahan
17 March 2022
Thursday
26 Phalguna
1943 Saka Era
Dolyatra
18 March 2022
Friday
27 Phalguna
1943 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in April 2022
Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand
02 April 2022
Saturday
12 Chaitra
1944 Saka Era
Ram Navami
10 April 2022
Sunday
20 Chaitra
1944 Saka Era
Vaisakhi/Vishu/Meshadi
14 April 2022
Thursday
24 Chaitra
1944 Saka Era
Vaisakhadi ( Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)
15 April 2022
Friday
25 Chaitra
1944 Saka Era
Easter Sunday
17 April 2022
Sunday
27 Chaitra
1944 Saka Era
Jamat-ul-Vida
29 April 2022
Friday
09 Vaisakha
1944 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in May 2022
Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday
09 May 2022
Monday
19 Vaisakha
1944 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in July 2022
Rath Yatra
01 July 2022
Friday
10 Ashadha
1944 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in August 2022
Raksha Bandhan
11 August 2022
Thursday
20 Sarvana
1944 Saka Era
Parsi New Year’s Day / Nauraj
16 August 2022
Tuesday
25 Sravana
1944 Saka Era
Janmashtami (Smarta)
18 August 2022
Thursday
27 Sravana
1944 Saka Era
Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi
31 August 2022
Wednesday
09 Bhadra
1944 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in September 2022
Onam or Thiru Onam Day
08 September 2022
Thursday
17 Bhadra
1944 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in October 2022
Dussehra (Saptami)
02 October 2022
Sunday
10 Asvina
1944 Saka Era
Dussehra (Mahashtami)
03 October 2022
Monday
11 Asvina
1944 Saka Era
Dussehra (Mahanavami)
04 October 2022
Tuesday
12 Asvina
1944 Saka Era
Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday
09 October 2022
Sunday
17 Asvina
1944 Saka Era
Karaka Chaturthi (KarwaChouth)
13 October 2022
Thursday
21 Asvina
1944 Saka Era
Naraka Chaturdasi
24 October 2022
Monday
02 Kartika
1944 Saka Era
Govardhan Puja
25 October 2022
Tuesday
03 Kartika
1944 Saka Era
Bhai Duj
26 October 2022
Wednesday
04 Kartika
1944 Saka Era
Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)
30 October 2022
Sunday
08 Kartika
1944 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in November 2022
Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day
24 November 2022
Thursday
03 Agrahayana
1944 Saka Era
CG Office Holidays in December 2022
Christmas Eve
24 December 2022
Saturday
03 Pausha
1944 Saka Era
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday
29 December 2022
Thursday
08 Pausha
1944 Saka Era
