List of Restricted Holidays during the year 2020 for Administrative Offices of Central Govt located at Delhi/New Delhi
(Annexure-II to DoPT’s OM No. F.No.12/1/2019-JCA-2 dated 18.06.2019)
Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year
2020- reg.
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
in Annexure – II.
ANNEXURE-II
LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2020 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI
| S.No. | Holiday | Date | Saka Date | Day |
| SAKA ERA 1941 | ||||
| 1 | New Year’s Day | January 01 | Pausha 11 | Wednesday |
| 2 | Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday | January 02 | Pausha 12 | Thursday |
| 3 | Lohri | January 13 | Pausha 23 | Monday |
| 4 | Makar Sankranti/ Pongal | January 15 | Pausha 25 | Wednesday |
| 5 | Basant Panchami/ Sri Panchami | January 30 | Magha 10 | Thursday |
| 6 | Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday | February 09 | Magha 20 | Sunday |
| 7 | Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti | February 18 | Magha 29 | Tuesday |
| 8 | Shivaji Jayanti | February 19 | Magha 30 | Wednesday |
| 9 | Maha Shivaratri | February 21 | Phalguna 02 | Friday |
| 10 | Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra | March 09 | Phalguna 19 | Monday |
| S.No. | Holiday | Date | Saka Date | Day |
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SAKA ERA 1942
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| 11 | Hazarat Ali’s Birthday | March 09 | Phalguna 19 | Monday |
| 12 | Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand | March 25 | Chaitra 05 | Wednesday |
| 13 | Easter Sunday | April 12 | Chaitra 23 | Sunday |
| 14 | Vaisakhi/ Vishu | April 13 | Chaitra 24 | Monday |
| 15 | Mesadi/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) | April 14 | Chaitra 25 | Tuesday |
| 16 | Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday | May 08 | Vaisakha 18 | Friday |
| 17 | Jamat Ul-Vida | May 22 | Jyaishtha 01 | Friday |
| 18 | Rath Yatra | June 23 | Ashadha 02 | Tuesday |
| 19 | Raksha Bandhan | August 03 | Sarvana 12 | Monday |
| 20 | Janmashtami (Smarta) | August 11 | Sarvana 20 | Tuesday |
| 21 | Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj | August 16 | Sravana 25 | Sunday |
| 22 | Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi | August 22 | Sravana 31 | Saturday |
| 23 | Onam or Thiru Onam Day | August 31 | Bhadra 09 | Monday |
| 24 | Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional) | October 23 | Kartika 01 | Friday |
| 25 | Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Maha Navmi)(Additional) | October 24 | Kartika 02 | Saturday |
| 26 | Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala) | October 26 | Kartika 04 | Monday |
| 27 | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday | October 31 | Kartika 09 | Saturday |
| 28 | Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) | November 04 | Kartika 13 | Wednesday |
| 29 | Naraka Chaturdasi | November 14 | Kartika 23 | Saturday |
| 30 | Govardhan Puja | November 15 | Kartika 24 | Sunday |
| 31 | Bhai Duj | November 16 | Kartika 25 | Monday |
| 32 | Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja) | November 20 | Kartika 29 | Friday · |
| 33 | Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day | November 24 | Agrahayana 03 | Tuesday |
| 34 | Christmas Eve | December 24 | Pausha 03 | Thursday |
COMMENTS
Un-availed casual leave of a calendar year should be allowed leave encashment to those employees who are very duty bound not even availed casual leave and casual always surrender in calendar year.