Declaration of closed holiday for Pongal on 14th January 2017 for Central Government Employees of Tamilnadu state – Confederation write to Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
REF: CONFDN/GENL/2016-19
Dated: 10.01.2017
To,
Shri Narndra Modi Ji
Hon’ble Prime Minister
Government of India
New Delhi – 110001
Respected Sir,
Sub:- Declaration of closed holiday for Pongal on 14th January 2017 for Central Government Employees of Tamilnadu state.
This representation is submitted with the most fervent hope that your good self will be condescend enough to intercede on behalf of lakes of Central Government employees of Tamilnadu state, so that dosed holiday will be declared on 14th January 2017 for PONGAL FESTIVAL.
PONGAL is the Festival of Tamil and celebrated as the First Harvest of the year. Every war closed holiday is granted to Central Government employees for PONGAL. This war while all other employees including State Government, Bank, public sector etc. are granted dosed holiday, only Central Government employees are denied the holiday.
The Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee of Tamilnadu State, which consists of only certain Heads of Department, is the authority to decide local dosed holiday. This year, the committee deliberately avoided declaring dosed holiday for Pongal and made it a restricted holiday, thereby hurting the sentiments of lakhs of Central Government employees, giving an impression that the rich culture of Tamils are compromised.
While strongly condemning the thoughtless action of the authorities, I request your kind intervention in this case, so that dosed holiday will be declared for Pongal on 14th January 2017 in Tamilnadu State for all Central Government employee.
Yours faithfully,
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
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