Daman & Diu Public Holiday List 2016
No.11/01/96/GA/Holiday/III/2014-15/4336
U.T.Administration of Daman & Diu,
Office of the collector/Secretary, (GA)
Daman – 396 220.
Dated:22-12-2015
Read: Government of india, Department of per.& Trg. No.F.No.12/5/2014-JCA-2 dated 11th June, 2015 Government of india, Ministry of personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of personnel and Training), North Block, New Delhi.
Notification
In exercise of the power conferred under section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (26 to 1881), the Administrator of Union Territory of Daman & Diu is pleased to declare the holidays as specified in the Annexure I,II & III appended to this Notification for the Union Territory of Daman & Diu.
Annexure – I Indicates Holidays in the Union Territory of Daman & Diu during the calendar year 2016, Saka 1937-38 which shall apply to all government Offices/Semi Govt. Offices/Local Bodies/Commercial Banks in Daman & Diu.
Annexure – II Indicated the list of Restricted Holidays out of which an employee is entitled to avail any two holidays.
Annexure – III Indicates Holidays under the Negotiable instruments Act, 1881 which apply to all the industrial Establishment, Public Sector Undertaking and commercial Banks operating in Union Territory of Daman & Diu. The commercial Banks operating in Union Territory of Daman shall observe holidays declared by respective regional offices according to their norms However, state bank of india, Daman and State Bank of India, Diu in which Government transaction is being done, shall have to observe the holidays specified in the Annexure – I and the Government transaction/RBI chest will remain operative on other working days.
2. All the holidays included in Annexure – III shall be paid holidays in the Establishment, as below in the Union Territory of Daman & Diu.
(1) Industrial workers in the U.T. of Daman & Diu.
(2) Daily wages workers of Govt. Department/U.T.Government Industrial Department.
(3) Employee of the Commercial Banks, Industrial workers of private establishment in the U.T. of Daman & Diu
Annexure –I
List of Holidays During the year 2016 for Daman and Diu
|
Sr.No |
Gazetted Holiday |
Date |
Saka Date SAKA –ERA 1937 |
Day of Week |
|
|
|
2016 A.D |
SAKA ERA 1937 |
|
|
1 |
Republic Day |
January 26 |
Magha 06 |
Tuesday |
|
|
|
|
SAKA ERA 1938 |
|
|
2 |
Holi |
March 24 |
Chaitra 04 |
Thursday |
|
3 |
Good Friday |
March 25 |
Chaitra 05 |
Friday |
|
4 |
Mahavir Jayanti |
April 20 |
Chaitra 31 |
Wednesday |
|
5 |
Idu’l Fitr |
July 06 |
Ashadha 15 |
Wednesday |
|
6 |
Independence Day |
August 15 |
Sravana 24 |
Monday |
|
7 |
Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi |
September 05 |
Bhadra 14 |
Monday |
|
8 |
Id-Ul-Zuha (Bakrid) |
September 12 |
Bhadra 21 |
Monday |
|
9 |
Mahama Gandhi’s Birthday |
October 02 |
Asvina 10 |
Sunday |
|
10 |
Dussehra |
October 11 |
Asvina 19 |
Tuesday |
|
11 |
Muharram |
October 12 |
Ashvina 20 |
Wednesday |
|
12 |
Diwali (Deepavali) |
October 30 |
Kartika 08 |
Sunday |
|
13 |
Guru Nanak’s Birthday |
November 14 |
Kartika 23 |
Monday |
|
14 |
Milad – Un – Nabi or Id-E-Milad (Birthday of prophet Mohammad) |
December 13 |
Agrahayana 22 |
Tuesday |
|
15 |
Liberation Day for Daman & Diu |
December 19 |
Agrahayana 29 |
Monday |
|
16 |
Christmas Day |
December 25 |
Pausha 04 |
Sunday |
Annexure –II
List of Restricted Holidays During the year 2016 for Adminsitrative Offices of Central Government Located at Daman and Diu.
|
Sr.No |
Holidays |
Date |
Saka Date |
Day |
|
|
|
|
SAKA ERA 1937 |
|
|
1 |
New Year’s Day |
January 01 |
Pausha 11 |
Friday |
|
2 |
Makar Sankranti |
January 14 |
Pausha 24 |
Thursday |
|
3 |
Pongal |
January 15 |
Pausha 25 |
Friday |
|
4 |
Guru Govind Singh’s Birthday |
January 16 |
Pausha 26 |
Saturday |
|
5 |
Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami |
February 12 |
Magha 23 |
Friday |
|
6 |
Shivaji Jayanti |
February 19 |
Magha 30 |
Friday |
|
7 |
Guru Ravidas’s Birthday |
February 22 |
Phalguna 03 |
Monday |
|
8 |
Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti |
March 04 |
Phalguna 14 |
Friday |
|
9 |
Maha Shivaratri |
March 07 |
Phalguna 17 |
Monday |
|
10 |
Holika Dahan, Dolyatra |
March 23 |
Chaitra 03 |
Wednesday |
|
11 |
Easter Sunday |
March 27 |
Chaitra 07 |
Sunday |
|
12 |
Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Cheti Chand |
April 08 |
Chaitra 19 |
Friday |
|
13 |
Vaisakhi/Vishu |
April 13 |
Chaitra 24 |
Wednesday |
|
14 |
Masdi/Vaisakhadi, Bahag Bihu (Asam) |
April 14 |
Chaitra 25 |
Thursday |
|
15 |
Ram Navami |
April 15 |
Chaitra 26 |
Friday |
|
16 |
Hazarat Ali’s |
April 21 |
Vaisakha 04 |
Thursday |
|
21 |
Parsi New Year’s day/Nauraj |
August 17 |
Sravana 26 |
Wednesday |
|
22 |
Raksha Bandhan |
August 18 |
Sravana 27 |
Thursday |
|
23 |
Onam |
September 14 |
Bhadra 23 |
Wednesday |
|
24 |
Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional) |
October 08 |
Asvina 16 |
Saturday |
|
25 |
Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional) |
October 09 |
Asvina 17 |
Sunday |
|
26 |
Dussehra (Maha Navmi) |
October 10 |
Asvina 18 |
Monday |
|
27 |
Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday |
October 16 |
Asvina 24 |
Sunday |
|
28 |
Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth) |
October 19 |
Asvina 27 |
Wednesday |
|
29 |
Deepavali (south India) |
October 29 |
Kartika 07 |
Saturday |
|
30 |
Naraka Chaturdasi |
October 29 |
Kartika 07 |
Saturday |
|
31 |
Govardhan Puja |
October 31 |
Kartika 09 |
Monday |
|
32 |
Bhai Duj |
November 01 |
Kartika 10 |
Tuesday |
|
33 |
Pratihar Sashthi Or Surya Sashthi (chat Puja) |
November 06 |
Kartika 15 |
Sunday |
|
34 |
Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day |
November 24 |
Agrahayana 03 |
Thursday |
|
35 |
Christmas Eve |
December 24 |
Pausha 03 |
Saturday |
Annexure – III
Year – 2016 Public Holidays, Under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (For U.T.Of Dama & DIU
Part – A
Shall Apply to the Commercial Banks only.
|
Sr.No |
Holidays |
Date |
Saka Dated 1938 Saka Era |
Day of Week |
|
1 |
Bank’s Annual Closing Day |
April 01 |
Chaitra 12 |
Friday |
PART – B
Shall apply to the Industrial Establishment and public sector undertaking
|
Sr.No |
Holidays |
Date |
Saka Dated 1937 SAKA ERA |
Day of Week |
|
1 |
Republic day |
January 26 |
Magha 06 |
Tuesday |
|
|
|
|
1938 SAKA ERA |
|
|
2 |
Holi |
March 24 |
Chaitra 04 |
Friday |
|
3 |
Labour Day |
May 01 |
Vaisakha 11 |
Sunday |
|
4 |
Independence Day |
August 15 |
Sravana 24 |
Monday |
|
5 |
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday |
October 02 |
Asvina 10 |
Sunday |
|
6 |
Liberation day for Daman & Diu |
December 19 |
Agrahayana 29 |
Monday |
(J.P.Agarwal)
Collector/Director (G.A)
Daman.
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