Central Government Holidays 2020 in Kolkata offices: CGEWCC Kolkata

Central Government Holidays 2020

List of Compulsory & Restricted Holidays for the year 2020 for Kolkata offices: CGEWCC Kolkata

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE,
KOLKATA
Aayakar Bhawan, 2nd floor,Room No.2/42,P-7,
Chowringhee Square, Kolkata-700069

NO. C.G.E.W.C.C./Kol/Holiday/2019-20/718

Dated: 17/09/2019

List of compulsory & restricted Holidays for the year 2020.

In accordance with the revised policy of the Govt.of India ( Ministry of Home Affairs, Deptt Of Personnel & Administrative Reforms), O.M.No.-9/37/82/JCA dated 11.11.1982,the working committee of the CGEWCC, Kolkata in its 116th meeting held on 17/09/2019 decided 3 (three) holidays local y (at S. Nol,2 & of para 3.1)in addition to 14 (fourteen) holidays fixed by the Ministry for the year 2020 vide F.No. 12/2/2019-JCA-2, Govt.of India, Ministry of Personnel,P.G. & Pensions, (Department of Personnel & Training), New Delhi,dated 18/06/2019. Thus the Central Govt. Offices coming under the purview of this committee who are doing “work of Secretariat Nature” will observe the under noted 17 ( Seventeen ) compulsory holidays for the Calendar year 2020 and further 2 (two) Restricted Holidays from the List of Restricted Holidays for the year 2020.

LIST OF COMPULSORY HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2020

Sl.No.	Holidays & Connected Festivals	Month & Date 2020 A.D.	Days of Week
1.	Republic Day	January, 26	Sunday
2.	Basant Panchami /Sri Panchami	January, 30	Thursday
3.	Holo	March, 10	Tuesday
4.	Mahavir Jayanti	Aprl, 06	Monday
s.	Good Friday	April, 10	Friday
6.	Buddha Purnima	May, 07	Thursday
7.	ld-UI·Fltr	May, 25	Monday
8.	ld-Ut-Zuha (Bakrid)	August, 01	Saturday
9.	Independence Day	August, 15	Saturday
10.	Muharram	August, 30	Sunday
11.	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October, 02	Friday
12.	Dussehra(Maha  Saptami)(Addional)	October, 23	Friday
13	Dussehra	October, 25	Sunday
14	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birth Day  Prophet Mahammad)	October. 30	Friday
15.	Diwali (Deepavali)	November, 14	Saturday
16.	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November, 30	Monday
17.	Christmas Day	December, 25	Friday

Note: Central Govt. Organizations, which include Industrial, Commercial & Training Establishment (I.e. other than doing work of Secretariat nature) would observe 16 holidays In a year out of which 3 namely, Republic Day, Independence and Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday will be compulsory. The remaining Holidays / Occasions may be determined by such Establishment / Organizations themselves on year to year basis.

Also check: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2020

In deciding whether a particular Department / Establishment / Organization an Industrial, Commercial or Trading Organizations (i.e. other than those doing work of Secretariat nature) the decision may be taken by the respective Ministry I Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.

The date or Holidays for the Muslim Festivals may be changed on sighting of the Moon and decision to be taken by the CGEWCC, Kolkata based on the decision of the State Government in respect of ldu’I Fitr, ldu’I Zoha [Id -Uz-Zuha(Bakrld)], Muharram and Id -e -Milad

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2020

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Day
SAKA ERA 1942
1	New Year’s Day	January, 01	Wednesday
2	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	January, 02	Thursday
3	Lohri	January, 13	Monday
4	Makar Sankranti/ Pongal	January, 15	Wednesday
5	Pongal	January, 15	Wednesday
6	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birthday	January, 23	Thursday
7	Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday	February, 09	Sunday
8	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February, 18	Tuesday
9	Shivaji Jayanti	February, 19	Wednesday
10	Maha Shivaratri	February, 21	Friday
11	Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra	March, 09	Monday
12	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	March, 09	Monday
SAKA ERA 1942
13	Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand	March, 25	Wednesday
14	Easter Sunday	April, 12	Sunday
15	Vaisakhi/ Vishu	April, 13	Monday
16	Mesadi/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April, 14	Tuesday
17	Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday	May, 08	Friday
18	Jamat-ul-Vida	May, 22	Friday
19	Rath Yatra	June, 23	Tuesday
20	Raksha Bandhan	August, 03	Monday
21	Janmashtami (Smarta)	August, 11	Tuesday
22	Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj	August, 16	Sunday
23	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	August, 22	Saturday
24	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	August, 31	Monday
25	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Maha Navmi)(Additional)	October, 24	Saturday
26	Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala)	October, 26	Monday
27	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October, 31	Saturday
28	Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)	November, 04	Wednesday
29	Naraka Chaturdasi	November, 14	Saturday
30	Govardhan Puja	November, 15	Sunday
31	Bhai Duj	November, 16	Monday
32	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)	November, 20	Friday ·
33	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November, 24	Tuesday
34	Christmas Eve	December, 24	Thursday

(BISHNUPADA MONDAL)
SECRETARY
CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE
CO-ORDINATION COMMITEE, KOLKATA

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