Friday, December 30, 2011

Haryana Government notifies public holidays in 2012

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 30
The Haryana Government has notified public holidays in its offices for the calendar year 2012.
         The birth and death anniversaries of the noted personalities and festivals which have been declared as public holidays include Republic Day (January 26), Guru Ravidas Birthday (February 7), Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti (February16), Mahashivaratri (February 20), Holi (March 8), Shaheedi Diwas of Sardar Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev (March 23), Mahavir Jayanti (April 5), Vaisakhi
(April 13), Lord Parshu Ram Jayanti (April 23), Maharana Partap Jayanti (May 24), Sant Kabir Jayanti (June 4), Janamashtmi (August 10), Independence Day (August 15), Id-ul-Fitr (August 20), Mahatma
Gandhi Birthday (October 2), Maharaja Aggarsain Jayanti (October 16), Dussehra (October 24), Maharshi Balmiki's Birthday (October 29), Haryana Day (November 1), Diwali (November 13), Vishwakarma Day (November 14), Guru Nanak's Birthday (November 28), Christmas Day (December 25) and Shaheed Udham Singh's Birthday (December 26).
         The festivals and occasions which fall on closed days have been excluded from the above list. These are Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti (January 28), Basant Panchmi (January 28), Ram Navmi (April 1), Dr B. R. Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14), Teej (July 22), Haryana's Heroes and Martyrdom Day (September 23) and Id-ul-Juha (Bakrid) (October 27).
         The employees would also be allowed any two holidays to be chosen out of the Restricted Holidays, which are Id-e-Milad or Milad ul-Nabi (Birth of Prophet Mohammad) (February 5), Good Friday (April 6), Budh Purnima (May 6), Guru Arjan Dev's Martyrdom Day (May 25), Shaheed Udham Singh's Martyrdom Day (July 31), Raksha Bandhan (August 2), Karva Chauth (November 2), Govardhan Puja (November 14) and Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day (November 24) and Muharram (November 25).
         As per a notification to this effect issued by  Chief Secretary Haryana  Urvashi Gulati, all Saturdays and Sundays will also be observed as public holidays in the Government offices.


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