Central Government Holidays 2024 for Offices Located In and Outside Delhi

DoPT vide its OM dated 3.7.2023 issued list of Central Government Holidays 2024 with Gazetted Holidays and Restricted Holidays for Offices Located In and Outside Delhi

List of Central Government Holidays 2024

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 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 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:

Compulsory Holidays in Central Government Holidays 2024 for Administrative Offices located outside Delhi

  1. REPUBLIC DAY
  2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
  3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S 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-Il baring a few exceptions indicated at para 5.1 and 5.2 hereinafter. The 12 optional holidays are as follows:

12 Optional Holidays in Central Government Holidays 2024

  1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
  2. HOLI
  3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
  4. RAM NAVAMI
  5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
  6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
  7. MAKAR SANKARANTI
  8. RATH YATRA
  9. ONAM
  10. PONGAL
  11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI
  12. VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHET! CHAND / GUDI PADAVA / lst NAVRATRA / NAORAZ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays, initially declared, subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festival falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended as Annexure-II to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance. However, the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are also to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, after ascertaining the position from the Govt. of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police) .

5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date in respect of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through P.1.B/T.V./ A.l.R. / Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement, without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.

Diwali Holiday in 2024

6. During 2024, Diwali ( Deepavali) falls on Thursday, October 31, 2024 (Kartika 09) . In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) in the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.

7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe upto 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments/ organisations themselves for the year 2024, subject to para 3.2 above.

8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9. In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified m accordance with the instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.12 / 5/ 2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 14 (Fourteen) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Mahavir Jayanti and Dussehra included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.

10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

11. Hindi version will follow.

(Parven Jargar)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
23094678

Central Government Holidays 2024 for Offices Located at Delhi /New Delhi

ANNEXURE-1

List of Holidays for the year 2024 to be observed in the Administrative Office of Central Government Located at Delhi/New Delhi

S.No.HolidayDateDay
1.Republic DayJanuary 26Friday
2.HoliMarch 25Monday
5.Good FridayMarch 29Friday
6.Id-ul-FitrApril 11Thursday
3.Ram NavamiApril 17Wednesday
4.Mahavir JayantiApril 21Sunday
7.Budha PurnimaMay 23Thursday
8.Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)June 17Monday
9.MuharramJuly 17Wednesday
10.Independence DayAugust 15Thursday
11.Janmashtami (Vaishnava)August 26Monday
12.Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)September 16Monday
13.Mahatma Gandhi’s BirthdayOctober 02Wednesday
14.DussehraOctober 12Saturday
15.Diwali (Deepavali)October 31Thursday
16.Guru Nanak’s BirthdayNovember 15Friday
17.Christmas DayDecember 25Wednesday

Central Government Holidays 2024 – Restricted Holiday for Offices Located at Delhi

Restricted Holiday for the Year 2024

ANNEXURE-II

List of Restricted Holidays for the year 2024 in respect of Administrative Office of Central Government Located at Delhi/New Delhi

S.NoHolidayDateDay
1.New Year’s DayJanuary 01Monday
2.LohriJanuary 13Saturday
3.Makar SankrantiJanuary 14Sunday
4.Magha Bihu/PongalJanuary 15Monday
5.Guru Gobind Singh’s BirthdayJanuary 17Wednesday
6.Hazarat Ali’s BirthdayJanuary 25Thursday
7.Sri Panchami, Basant PanchamiFebruary 14Wednesday
8.Shiva ji JayantiFebruary 19Monday
9.Guru Ravi Das’s BirthdayFebruary 24Saturday
10.Birthday of Swami Dayananda SaraswatiMarch 06Wednesday
11.Maha ShivratriMarch 08Friday
12.Holika DahanMarch 24Sunday
13.DolyatraMarch 25Monday
14.Easter SundayMarch 31Sunday
15.Jamat-Ul-VidaApril 05Friday
16.Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi/ Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti ChandApril 09Tuesday
17.Vaisakhi / VishuApril 13Saturday
18. Meshadi (Tamil New Year’s Day)/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)April 14Sunday
19.Birthday of Guru Rabindranath TagoreMay 08Wednesday
20.Rath YatraJuly 07Sunday
21.Parsi New Year’s day/ NaurajAugust 15Thursday
22.Raksha BandhanAugust 19Monday
23.Ganesh Chaturthi/ Vinayaka ChaturthiSeptember 07Saturday
24.Onam or Thiru Onam DaySeptember 15Sunday
25.Dussehra (Saptami)October 10Thursday
26.Dussehra (Mahashtami)/ Dussehra (Mahanavmi)October 11Friday
27.Maharishi Valmiki’s BirthdayOctober 17Thursday
28.Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)October 20Sunday
29.Naraka ChaturdasiOctober 31Thursday
30.Govardhan PujaNovember 02Saturday
31.Bhai DujNovember 03Sunday
32.PratiharShashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja)November 07Thursday
33.Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom DayNovember 24Sunday
34.Christmas EveDecember 24Tuesday

View the central government holiday list 2024 pdf

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