Half day closing (till 2.30 P.M.) of Central Government Offices on 22nd January, 2024 on the occasion of Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya
Half day closing (till 2.30 P.M.) of Central Government Offices, Central Institutions and Central Industrial Establishments on 22nd January, 2024 on the occasion of Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya
F. No. 12/7/2023-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
Establishment (JCA) Section
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 22nd January, 2024
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Half day closing (till 2.30 P.M.) of Central Government Offices, Central Institutions and Central Industrial Establishments on 22nd January, 2024 — reg.
The Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya will be celebrated on 22nd January, 2024 across India. To enable employees to participate in the celebrations, it has been decided that all Central Government Offices, Central Institutions and Central Industrial Establishments throughout India will be closed for half day till 1430 hours on 22nd January, 2024.
2. All Ministries/Departments of Government of India may bring the above decision to the notice of all concerned.
(Parveen Jargar)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
To,
- All Ministries / Departments of the Government of India.
- UPSC / CVC /C&AG / National Commission for Linguistic Minorities / National Commission for Scheduled Castes/National Commission for Scheduled Tribes/National Commission for Minorities /President’s Secretariat / Vice President’s Secretariat/Supreme Court / High Court / Central Administrative Tribunal / Central Information Commission/Prime Minister’s Office / Cabinet Secretariat / Election Commission of India / National Human Rights Commission / National Commission for Women / National Commission for Backward Classes / NitiAyog / Lok Sabha Secretariat / Rajya Sabha Secretariat
- Chief Secretaries to all the State Governments/Union Secretaries
- All Sections / Officers in the Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
- All attached Offices / Subordinate Offices / Autonomous bodies of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
- Secretary, Staff Side, National Council (JCM), 13-C Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi (with 10 spare copies) — with reference to employee associations (Staff side) request dated 18.1.2024.
- Chairman / Secretaries, Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees.
- PIO, PIB, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi, with the request that necessary publicity may be given in this regard.
- Facilitation Centre, DOP&T (20 copies)
- NIC (DoPT) with the request to place this O.M. on the website of DoPT.
Source: DOPT

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