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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:

1. REPUBLIC DAY
2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4. BUDDHA PURNIMA
5. CHRISTMAS DAY
6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7. DJWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10. IDU’L FITR
11. IDU’L ZUHA
12. MAHAVIR JAY ANTI
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-11 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 / VINA YAK 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 PQOJA/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 Idul-Fitr, Idul-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 IdulFitr, 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 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 Departments 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-Fitr, Muharram and Diwali 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
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ANNEXURE-I

List of 17 Gazetted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2023

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	Tuesday
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 33 Restricted Holidays for Central Government Employees During the Year 2023

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

S.No	Holiday 2023	Date	Saka	Date	Day
	SAKA ERA 1944
1	New Year’s Day	January 01, 2023	Pausha	11	Sunday
2	Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu	January 14, 2023	Pausha	24	Saturday
3	Pongal	January 15, 2023	Pausha	25	Sunday
4	Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami	January 26, 2023	Magha	06	Saturday
5	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	February 05, 2023	Magha	16	Sunday
6,	Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati	February 15, 2023	Magha	26	Wednesday
7	Maha Shivratri	February 18, 2023	Magha	29	Saturday
8	Shiva ji Jayanti	February 19, 2023	Magha	30	Sunday
9	Holika dahan, dolyatra	March 07, 2023	Phaiguna	16	Tuesday
	SAKA ERA 1945
10	Chaitra Sukladi  /Gudi Padava  /Ugadi / Cheti Chand	March 22, 2023	Chaitra	01	Wednesday
11	Easter Sunday	April 09, 2023	Chaitra	19	Sunday
12	Vaisakhi /Vishu/ Meshadi	April 14, 2023	Chaitra	24	Friday
13	Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 15, 2023	Chaitra	25	Saturday
14	Jamat-Ul-Vida	April 21, 2023	Vaisakha	01	Friday
15	Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore	May 09, 2023	Vaisakha	19	Tuesday
16	Rath Yatra	June 20, 2023	Jyaishtha	30	Tuesday
17	Farsi New Year’s day/Nauraj	August 16, 2023	Sravana	25	Wednesday
18	Vinayaka Chaturthi	August 20, 2023	Sravana	29	Sunday
19	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	August 29, 2023	Bhadra	07	Tuesday
20	Raksha Bandhan	August 30, 2023	Bhadra	08	Wednesday
21	Janmashtami (Smarta)	September 06, 2023	Bhadra	15	Wednesday
22	Ganesh Chaturthi	September 19, 2023	Bhadra	28	Tuesday
23	Dussehra (Saptami)	October 21, 2023	Asvina	29	Saturday
24	Dussehra (Mahashtami)	October  22, 2023	Asvina	30	Sunday
25	Dussehra (Mahanavmi)	October  23, 2023	Kartika	01	Monday
26	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October  28, 2023	Kartika	06	Saturday
27	Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)	November 01, 2023	Kartika	10	Wednesday
28	Naraka Chaturdasi	November  12, 2023	Kartika	21	Sunday
29	Govardhan Puja	November 13, 2023	Kartika	22	Monday
30	Bhai Duj	November  15, 2023	Kartika	24	Wednesday
31	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)	November  19, 2023	Kartika	28	Sunday
32	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November  24, 2023	Agrahayana	03	Friday
33	Christmas Eve	December 24, 2023	Pausha	03	Sunday