The Following is the list of Gazetted Holidays in the Year 2022. These Holidays are mandatory for all Central Government Offices located outside Delhi/New Delhi.
Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following Gazetted holidays in 2022 compulsorily in addition to three holidays, to be chosen out of the 12 optional holidays indicated at para 3.1 of OM Dated 8.6.2021
Gazetted Holidays 2022
| 1 | REPUBLIC DAY | 26th January 2022 |
| 2 | INDEPENDENCE DAY | 15th august 2022 |
| 3 | MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY | 2nd October 2022 |
| 4 | BUDDHA PURNIMA | 16th May 2022 |
| 5 | CHRISTMAS DAY | 25th December 2022 |
| 6 | DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI) | 5th October 2022 |
| 7 | DIWALI (DEEPAVALI) | 24th October 2022 |
| 8 | GOOD FRIDAY | 15th April 2022 |
| 9 | GURU NANAK’ S BIRTHDAY | 8th November 2022 |
| 10 | IDU’L FITR | 21st April 2022 |
| 11 | IDU’L ZUHA | 10th July 2022 |
| 12 | MAHAVIR JAYANTI | 14th April 2022 |
| 13 | MUHARRAM | 9th August 2022 |
| 14 | PROPHET MOHAMMAD’ S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD) | 9th October 2022 |
Optional Holidays List 2022 to Central Govt Offices
The following is the List of Optional Holidays in the year 2022 for Central Government Offices located outside Delhi/New Delhi
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.
| 1 | AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA | 2,3 or 4th October 2022 |
| 2 | HOLI | 18th March 2022 |
| 3 | JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI) | 19th August 2022 |
| 4 | RAM NAVAMI | 10th April 2022 |
| 5 | MAHA SHIVRATRI | 29th March 2022 |
| 6 | GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI | 31st August 2022 |
| 7 | MAKAR SANKARANTI | 14th January 2022 |
| 8 | RATH YATRA | 1st July 2022 |
| 9 | ONAM | 8th September 2022 |
| 10 | PONGAL | 14th January 2022 |
| 11 | SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI | 5th February 2022 |
| 12 | VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU/ MASHADI UGADI/ CHAITRA SUKLADI/ CHETI CHAND/ GUDI PADAVA / 1st NAVRATRA/ NAORAZ/ CHHATH POOJA/ KARVA CHAUTH. | 14th April 2022 or 15th April or 2nd April 2022 |