Central Government Gazetted and Restricted Holiday List 2023 PDF

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The system of holiday patterns for more than one crore government employees in India (including Central and State Governments) is announced every year by DoPT. Today the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) notified the detailed holiday list for the year 2023. This holiday list is applicable only to the offices located in Delhi/New Delhi. However, the pattern will be followed for all Central Government offices situated in all States in India. The CGEWCC will decide on the Gazetted and Restricted holidays for the Central government offices located in the State respectively.

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Holidays to be observed at Central Government Offices during the year 2023

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. 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-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 / 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 Idul Fitr, Idul Zuha, Muharram, and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon the 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 the holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Id-ul-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, the announcement could be made through P.I.B/T.V./A.I.R./ Newspapers and the Heads of Departments / 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 a 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/organizations 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.

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

List of Central Government Gazetted Holidays 2023

List of Central Government Restricted Holidays 2023

2023 January Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays, National Holidays, and Restricted Holidays

26 January 2023 – Basant Panchami, Sri Panchami

01 January 2023 – New Year’s Day

14 January 2023 – Makar Sankranti, Magha Bihu

15 January 2023 – Pongal

26 January 2023 – Basant Panchami, Sri Panchami

26 January 2023 – Republic Day

2023 February Calendar with Holidays

Restricted Holidays

05 February 2023 – Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday

15 February 2023 – Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati

18 February 2023 – Maha Shivratri

19 February 2023 – Shivaji Jayanti

2023 March Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays

08 March 2023 – Holi

30 March 2023 – Ram Navami

07 March 2023 – Holika Dahan, Dolyatra

22 March 2023 – Chaitra Sukladi, Gudi Padava, Ugadi, Cheti Chand

2023 April Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays

04 March 2023 – Mahavir Jayanti

07 March 2023 – Good Friday

22 March 2023 – Id-ul-Fitr

09 March 2023 – Easter Sunday

14 March 2023 – Vaisakhi, Vishu, Mesadi

15 March 2023 – Vaisakhadi (Bengal), Bahag Bihu (Assam)

21 March 2023 – Jamat-Ul-Vida

2023 May Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays

05 May 2023 – Buddha Purnima

09 May 2023 – Birthday of Guru Rabindranath’ Tagore

2023 June Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays

20 June 2023 – Rath Yatra

29 June 2023 – Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)

2023 July Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays

29 July 2023 – Muharram

2023 August Calendar with Holidays

National Holidays and Restricted Holidays

16 August 2023 – Parsi New Year’s Day, Nauraj

20 August 2023 – Vinayaka Chaturthi

29 August 2023 – Onam or Thiru Onam Day

30 August 2023 – Raksha Bandhan

15 August 2023 – Independence Day

2023 September Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays

07 September 2023 – Janmashtami (Vaishnava)

28 September 2023 – Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad)

06 September 2023 – Janmashtami (Smarta)

19 September 2023 – Ganesh Chaturthi

2023 October Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays, National Holidays and Restricted Holidays

24 October 2023 – Dussehra

21 October 2023 – Dussehra (Saptami)

22 October 2023 – Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)

23 October 2023 – Dussehra (Maha Navami)

28 October 2023 – Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday

02 October 2023 – Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

2023 November Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays

12 November 2023 – Diwali (Deepavali)

27 November 2023 – Guru Nanak’s Birthday

01 November 2023 – Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)

12 November 2023 – Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chauth)

13 November 2023 – Govardhan Puja

15 November 2023 – Bhai Duj

19 November 2023 – Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)

2023 December Calendar with Holidays

Gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays

24 December 2023 – Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day

24 December 2023 – Christmas Eve

25 December 2023 – Christmas Day

CG Restricted Holidays 2023

• Republic Day, Independence Day, Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, Buddha Purnima, Christmas Day, Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi), Diwali (Deepavali), Good Friday, Guru Nanak’s Birthday, Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Mahavir Jayanti, Muharram, Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday (Id-e-milad).

CG General Holidays 2023

• An Additional Day For Dussehra, Holi, Janmashtami (Vaishnavi), Rama Navami, Maha Shivratri
  Ganesh Chaturthi, Vinayak Chaturthi, Makar Sankranti, Rath Yatra, Onam, Pongal, Sri Panchami, Basant Panchami, Vishu, Baisakhi, Vaisakhadi, Bohag Bihu, Mashadi Ugadi, Chaitra Sukladi, Cheti Chand, Gudi Padwa, 1st Navratra, Naoraz, Chhath Pooja, Karva Chauth.

Public Holidays 2023

January Month Public Holidays 2023

• 26 January 2023 – Thursday – Republic Day

February Month Public Holidays 2023

• 18 February 2023 – Saturday – Maha Shivaratri

March Month Public Holidays 2023

• 8 March 2023 – Wednesday – Holi

April Month Public Holidays 2023

• 4 April 2023 – Tuesday – Mahavir Jayanti, 7 April 2023 – Friday – Good Friday, 22 April 2023 – Saturday – Idul-Fitr

May Month Public Holidays 2023

• 5 May 2023 – Friday – Buddha Purnima

June Month Public Holidays 2023

• 29 June 2023 – Thursday – Bakrid, Eid al Adha

July Month Public Holidays 2023

• 29 July 2023 – Saturday – Muharram

August Month Public Holidays 2023

• 15 August 2023 – Tuesday – Independence Day

September Month Public Holidays 2023

• 07 September 2023 – Thursday – Janmashtami, 28 September 2023 – Thursday – Milad-un-Nabi

October Month Public Holidays 2023

• 2 October 2023 – Monday – Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, 24 October 2023 – Tuesday – Dussehra

November Month Public Holidays 2023

• 12 November 2023 – Sunday – Diwali, 27 November 2023 – Monday – Guru Nanak Jayanti

December Month Public Holidays 2023

• 25 December 2023 – Monday – Christmas Day

January Festival 2023

January 2023 Calendar with Holidays India

• The Latest list of January Month and Festival Celebration holiday are given below for your Information.

CG Holidays in January 2023

• 01.01.2023 – Sunday – New Year’s Day, 26.01.2023 – Thursday – Republic Day

Saturday Bank Holidays in Jan month 2023

• 14.01.2023 – Saturday – Second Saturday – 2023, 28.01.2023 – Saturday – Fourth Saturday – 2023

Sunday Holidays in Jan Month 2023

• 01.01.2023 – Sunday Holiday, 08.01.2023 – Sunday Holiday, 15.01.2023 – Sunday Holiday, 22.01.2023 – Sunday Holiday, 29.01.2023 – Sunday Holiday

Note: DoPT (Department of Personnel and Training) will publish in the second week of June 2023 a list of gazetted and prohibited holidays to be observed by 2023. We will update the page as per the office order!)

CSD Master Canteen and CSD URC Canteen Holiday List 2023