Holidays List 2024: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during 2024

July 06, 2023

F.No. 12/2/2023-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 3rd July, 2023

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the

year 2024- 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 2024. In addition, each employee wil 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. MẠHATMA GANDHIS 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-I 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. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)

3. RAM NAVAMI

4. MAHA SHIVRATRI

5. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI

6. MAKAR SANKARANTI

7. RATH YATRA

8. ONAM

9. PONGAL

10. SRI PANCHAMI | BASANT PANCHAMI

11. VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI |

12. CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA /1$T NAVRATRA /