CSD Canteen Holiday List 2022

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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.

sd/-
(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt, of India

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DoPT Gazetted Holiday List 2022 PDF Download

The month-wise list of 17 gazetted holidays for central government administrative offices during the year 2022.

Central Government Holidays in January 2022

Republic Day

• 26 January 2022
• Wednesday
• 06 Magah
• 1943 Saka Era

Central Government Holidays in 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 Holidays in 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 Holidays in 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 Holidays in July 2022

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)

• 10 July 2022
• Sunday
• 19 Ashadha
• 1944 Saka Era

Central Government Holidays in 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 Holidays in 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 Holidays in November 2022

Guru Nanak’s Birthday

• 08 November 2022
• Tuesday
• 17 Kartika
• 1944 Saka Era

Central Government Holidays in December 2022

Christmas Day

• 25 December 2022
• Sunday
• 04 Pausha
• 1944 Saka Era

Central Government Office Restricted Holiday List 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

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

Holika Dahan

• 17 March 2022
• Thursday
• 26 Phalguna
• 1943 Saka Era

Dolyatra

• 18 March 2022
• Friday
• 27 Phalguna
• 1943 Saka Era

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

Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday

• 09 May 2022
• Monday
• 19 Vaisakha
• 1944 Saka Era

Rath Yatra

• 01 July 2022
• Friday
• 10 Ashadha
• 1944 Saka Era

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

Onam or Thiru Onam Day

• 08 September 2022
• Thursday
• 17 Bhadra
• 1944 Saka Era

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

Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day

• 24 November 2022
• Thursday
• 03 Agrahayana
• 1944 Saka Era

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