Holidays-General Holidays and Optional Holidays in 2014

HOLIDAYS – Holidays under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for the year 2014 – Notified.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (POLL.A) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Rt.No. 5237 DATED: 29-11-2013

Under the Explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central

Act XXVI of 1881) read with the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs Notification

No.20-25/26/Pub.I, dated 8-6-1957, the Government of Andhra Pradesh hereby declare that in

addition to Sundays expressly defined as Public Holidays in the said “Explanation” the

following days shall be observed as Holidays in the Andhra Pradesh State during the year

2014:

Sl.No. OCCASION/FESTIVAL DATE DAY

1 SANKRANTI/

PONGAL /

MILAD-UN-NABI

ID-E-MILAD 14-01-2014 TUESDAY

2 AHA SHIVARATRI 27-02-2014 THURSDAY

3 HOLI 17-03-2014 MONDAY

4 UGADI 31-03-2014 MONDAY

5 ANNUAL CLOSING

OF ACCOUNTS DAY 01-04-2014 TUESDAY

6 DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR’S

BIRTHDAY 14-04-2014 MONDAY

7 GOOD FRIDAY 18-04-2014 FRIDAY

8 MAY DAY 01-05-2014 THURSDAY

9 RAMZAN (ID-UL-FITAR) 29-07-2014 TUESDAY

10 INDEPENDENCE DAY 15-08-2014 FRIDAY

11 VINAYAKA CHAVITHI 29-08-2014 FRIDAY

12 DURGASHTAMI /

GANDHI JAYANTHI 02-10-2014 THURSDAY

13 VIJAYA DASAMI/

DUSSEHRA 03-10-2014 FRIDAY

14 DEEPAVALI 23-10-2014 THURSDAY

15 MUHARRAM 04-11-2014 TUESDAY

16 CHRISTMAS 25-12-2014 THURSDAY

The following festivals occur on Sunday during the year 2014.

If there is any change of date in respect of Idu’l Fitar, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-

Milad as per the moon sight or any other holiday declared now, it shall be announced through

electronic/print media.

HOLIDAYS- General Holidays and Optional Holidays for the year 2014 – Declared.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (POLL.A) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Rt.No. 5236 DATED: 29-11-2013.

O R D E R:

The following Notification shall be published in the next issue of Andhra Pradesh extraordinary

Gazette:

NOTIFICATION

The Government of Andhra Pradesh direct that the days specified in Annexure-I(A) shall

be observed as General Holidays by all the State Government Offices excluding the holidays

falling on Sundays shown in Annexure-I(B) and Optional Holidays shown in Annexure-II(A)

except the Optional Holidays falling on Sundays shown in Annexure II(B), during the year 2014.

The State Government directs that all offices under State Government shall remain

closed on all Sundays and Second Saturdays in all the months during the year 2014.

In addition to the above mentioned General Holidays in Annexure.1(A), the State

Government employees may avail themselves of Optional Holidays not exceeding FIVE during

the year 2014 on the festival/occasions specified in Annexure-II(A) to this order, at their option

and irrespective of the religion to which the festival pertains. Permission to avail any of these

holidays shall be applied for, in writing in advance and will normally be granted by the Superior

Officers competent to grant casual leave except when the presence of an individual employee is

considered necessary in exigencies of Government work.

The Government also directs that General Holidays shall not ipso-facto apply to the

Industrial Establishment and Public Undertakings under the control of the State Government,

the workmen engaged in Public Works Departments and Educational Institutions in this State.

Separate orders regarding the festivals/occasions when these Institutions to observe holidays

shall be issued by the concerned Administrative Department of the Secretariat.

If there is any change of date in respect of Idu’l Fitar, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-

Milad as per the moon sight or any other holiday declared now, it shall be announced through

electronic/print media. All the Departments of Secretariat, Heads of Departments and District

Collectors shall take action according to such an announcement and without waiting for formal

order about the change of date.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAMEOF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

DR. P.K. MOHANTY

CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

ANNEXURE –I (A)

sl. no	OCCASION/ FESTIVAL	Date	Day
1	BHOGI	13-01-2014	MONDAY
2	SANKRANTI/ PONGAL / MILAD-UN-NABI ID-E-MILAD	14-01-2014	TUESDAY
3	MAHA SHIVARATRI	27-02-2014	THURSDAY
4	HOLI	17-03-2014	MONDAY
5	UGADI	31-03-2014	MONDAY
6	BABU JAGJIVAN RAM’S BIRTHDAY	05-04-2014	SATURDAY
7	SRI RAMA NAVAMI	08-04-2014	TUESDAY
8	DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR’S BIRTHDAY	14-04-2014	MONDAY
9	GOOD FRIDAY	18-04-2014	FRIDAY
10	RAMZAN (ID-UL-FITAR)	29-07-2014	TUESDAY
11	INDEPENDENCE DAY	15-08-2014	FRIDAY
12	VINAYAKA CHAVITHI	29-08-2014	FRIDAY
13	DURGASHTAMI / GANDHI JAYANTHI	02-10-2014	THURSDAY
14	VIJAYA DASAMI/ DUSSEHRA	03-10-2014	FRIDAY
15	DEEPAVALI	23-10-2014	THURSDAY
16	MUHARRAM	04-11-2014	TUESDAY
17	CHRISTMAS	25-12-2014	THURSDAY

GENERAL HOLIDAYS

ANNEXURE - I (B)

The following festivals occur on 2nd Saturday and Sunday during the year 2014.

1 REPUBLIC DAY 26-01-2014 SUNDAY

2 SRI KRISHNASHTAMI 17-08-2014 SUNDAY

3 BAKRID (ID-UL-ZUHA) 05-10-2014 SUNDAY

ANNEXURE – II (A)

OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS

sl. no	OCCASION/ FESTIVAL	DATE	DAY
1	NEW YEAR’S DAY	01.01.2014	WEDNESDAY
2	KANUMU	15.01.2014	WEDNESDAY
3	SRI PANCHAMI	04.02.2014	TUESDAY
4	YAZ DAHUM SHAREEF	12.02.2014	WEDNESDAY
5	BASAVA JAYANTHI	02.05.2014	FRIDAY
6	BIRTHDAY OF HAZRATH ALI	13.05.2014	TUESDAY
7	BUDDHA PURNIMA	14.05.2014	WEDNESDAY
8	SHAB-E-MERAJ	27.05.2014	TUESDAY
9	SHAB-E-BARATH	14.06.2014	SATURDAY
10	JUMAT-UL-VIDA	25.07.2014	FRIDAY
11	SHAB-E-QADAR	26.07.2014	SATURDAY
12	VARALAKSHMI VRATHAM	08.08.2014	FRIDAY
13	PARSI NEW YEAR’S DAY	18.08.2014	MONDAY
14	MAHALAYA AMAVASYA	23.09.2014	TUESDAY
15	EID-E-GADEER	13.10.2014	MONDAY
16	NARAKA CHATHURTHI	22.10.2014	WEDNESDAY
17	9TH MUHARRAM
18	KARTHIKA PURNIMA / GURUNANAK JAYANTHI	06.11.2014	THURSDAY
19	CHRISTMAS EVE	24.12.2014	WEDNESDAY
20	BOXING DAY	26.12.2014	FRIDAY