Public holidays in the public offices under the Haryana Government during the Calendar Year 2021
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
No. 28/67/2018-3GSll
Dated, Chandigarh the 03.12.2020
It is hereby notified that the holidays enumerated in the schedule below shall be observed as public holidays in the public offices under the Haryana Government during the Calendar Year 2021.
SCHEDULE-l
| Sr. No. | Name of the Holidays | Date on which they fall | Day of the Week | No. of holidays | |
| 1. | All Sundays | 52 | |||
| 2. | All Saturdays | 52 | |||
| 3. | Guru Gobind Singh Jayantl | 20th January | Wednesday | 1 | |
| 4. | Republic Day | 26th January | Tuesday | 1 | |
| 5. | Basant Panchami/Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti | 16th February | Tuesday | 1 | |
| 6. | Maha Shivratri | 11th March | Thursday | 1 | |
| 7. | Shadeedi Diwas/ Martyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh, Raj Guru & Sukhdev | 23rd March | Tuesday | 1 | |
| 8. | Holi | 29th March | Monday | 1 | |
| 9. | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti | 14th April | Wednesday | 1 | |
| 10 | Ram Navmi | 21st April | Wednesday | 1 | |
| 11 | ld-ul-Fitr/Parshuram Jayanti | 14th May | Friday | 1 | |
| 12. | Sant Kabir Jayanti | 24th June | Thursday | 1 | |
| 13. | ld-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id) | 21st July | Wednesday | 1 | |
| 14 | Janamashtmi | 30th August | Monday | 1 | |
| 15 | Shadeedi Diwas/ Haryana War Heroes Martyrdom Day | 23rd September | Thursday | 1 | |
| 16 | Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti | 07th October | Thursday | 1 | |
| 17 | Dusswhra | 15th October | Friday | 1 | |
| 18 | Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti | 20th October | Wednesday | 1 | |
| 19 | Haryana Day | 1st November | Monday | 1 | |
| 20 | Diwali | 04th November | Thursday | 1 | |
| 21 | Vishvakarma day | 05th November | Friday | 1 | |
| 22 | Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti | 19th November | Friday | 1 | |
Note: The following festivals and occasions which fall on closed day have been excluded from the list of Public Holidays:
| Sr. No. | Name of the Holidays | Date on which they fall | Day of the Week | No. of holidays | |
| 1. | Guru Ravidas Jayanti | 27th February | Saturday | 1 | |
| 2. | Mahavir Jayanti | 25th April | Sunday | 1 | |
| 3. | Maharana Pratap Jayanti | 13th June | Sunday | 1 | |
| 4. | Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom Day | 31st July | Saturday | 1 | |
| 5. | Independency Day | 15th August | Sunday | 1 | |
| 6. | Raksha Bandhan | 22nd August | Sunday | 1 | |
| 7. | Mahatma Gandhi jayanti | 2nd Octoberl | Saturday | 1 | |
| 8. | Christmas | 25th December | Saturday | 1 | |
SCHEDULE-ll
Note: Besides the above holidays all the employees including outsourced employees/persons may be allowed to avail any three holidays to be chosen out of the Restricted Holidays as mentioned below: .
| Sr. No. | Name of the Holidays | Date on which they fall | Day of the Week | |
| 1 |
Maharishi Dayanans Saraswati Jayanti (with State celebrations) |
8th March | Monday | |
| 2 |
Good Friday | 02nd April | Friday | |
| 3 |
Budh Purnima | 26th May | Â Wednesday | |
| 4 |
Guni Arjan Dev Shaheedi Diwas/Martyrdom Day | Â 14th June | Â Monday | |
| 5 |
Haryali Teej | Â 11th August | Â Wednesday | |
| 6 |
Muharram | 20th August | Friday | |
| 7 |
Mllad-un-Nabi or Id-E-Mllad (Birth of Prophet Mohammad) | 19th October | Tuesday | |
| 8 |
Karwachauth | 24th October | Sunday | |
| 9 |
Goverdhan Puja | 05th November | Friday | |
| 10 |
Chhath Puja | 10th November | Wednesday | |
| 11 |
Guru Teg Bahadur Shaheedi Diwas | 24th November | Wednesday | |
| 12 |
Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti | 26th December | Sunday | |
It is also hereby notified that the holidays enumerated in the schedule below shall be observed as public holidays in the State of Haryana (Except Judicial Courts, In the State of Haryana) during the Calendar year 2021 within the meaning of Section 25 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: –
SCHEDULE-III
| Sr. No. | Name of the Holidays | Date on which they fall | Day of the Week | No. of holidays | |
| 1. | All Sundays | 52 | |||
| 2. | Republic Day | 26th January | Tuesday | 1 | |
| 3. | Guru Ravidas Jayantl | 27th February | Saturday | 1 | |
| 4. | Maha Shivratri | 11th March | Thursday | 1 | |
| 5. | Holi | 29th March | Monday | 1 | |
| 6. | Annual closing of Bank Account (1st working day of April) | 1st April | Thursday | 1 | |
| 7. | Mahavir Jayanti | 251 April | Sunday | 1 | |
| 8. | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti | 14th April | Wednesday | 1 | |
| 9. | Budh Purnima | 26th May | Wednesday | 1 | |
| 10 | ld-ul-Fitr | 14th May | Friday | 1 | |
| 11 | ld-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id) | 21st July | Wednesday | 1 | |
| 12. | Janamashtmi | 30th August | Monday | 1 | |
| 13. | Independence Day | 1st August | Sunday | 1 | |
| 14 | Mahatama Gandhi Jayanti | 2nd October | Saturday | 1 | |
| 15. | Dussehra | 15th October | Friday | 1 | |
| 16. | Maharishi Valmlkl Jayantl | 20th October  04th November | Wednesday | 1 | |
| 17. | Diwall | Thursday | 1 | ||
| 18. | Guru Nanak Dev Jayant l | 19th November | Friday | 1 | |
| 19. | Christmas | 25th December | Saturday | 1 | |
Dated Chandigarh the 03.12.2020
(Vijai Vardhan)
Chief Secretary to Government, Haryana
No, 28/67/200B-3GSll Dated Chandigarh, the 03.12.2020
A copy is forwarded to the followings: –
1. All the Additional Chief Secretaries / Principal Secretaries to Government, Haryana 2. The Chief Electoral Officer, 31 Floor, 30 Bays Buildlng, Sector 17B, Chandigarh
3. Senior Special Secretaries / Senior Secretaries / Secretaries / Private Secretaries to Chief Minister/Ministers/State Ministers /Chief Parliamentary Secretaries .
4. All the Heads of Department of Haryana.
5. Commissioners of Ambala / Hisar / Rohtak / Gurugram/ Karnal/Faridabad Divisions. 6. The Registrar, Punjab and Haryana High Court and All District & Session Judges, Haryana.
7. All the Deputy Commissioners and Sub Divisional Officer (Civil) In Haryana.
8. All the Managing Directors /Chief Administrators of Boards /Corporations/Public Undertakings In Haryana
9. The Registrars of All Universities of Haryana State.
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