Tamil Nadu State Government Holiday list 2018

Tamil Nadu State Government Holiday list 2018

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU  – 2017

MANUSCRIPT SERIS

PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Ms.No.937, Dated the 7th November 2017

Holidays – Public Holidays under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for the State Government Offices and all Commercial Banks including Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu for the year 2018 – Orders issued.

Read:

  1. G.O.Ms.No.893, Public (Miscellaneous) Department, dated 14.11.2016.
  2. Reserve Bank of India letter reference No. HRMD (Che)/4054/03.02.091/2016-17, dated 28.06.2017

Order

The Government of Tamil Nadu pass the following orders in regard to the observance of Holidays in the State of Tamil Nadu for the year 2018:-

(i) Public Holidays: The Holidays declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) indicated in the notification appended to this order will be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

(ii) Government Holidays: The Government direct that all the offices under the control of the Government of Tamil Nadu be closed on:-

(a)  The dates specified in the notification appended to this order (except Annual Closing of Bank Accounts on 01.04.2018)

(b) All Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2018.

2.The above notified Public Holidays shall also be applicable to all State Government Undertakings / Corporations / Boards, etc.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

 GIRIJA VAIDYANATHAN, CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

NOTIFICATION

Under the “Explanation” to section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) read with Notification of the Government of  India, Ministry of Home Affairs, No.20-25-26, Public-1, dated the 8thJune 1957, the Government of Tamil Nadu hereby declares, that in addition to “Sundays” expressly defined as Public Holidays in the said “Explanation” the following days shall be Public Holidays for the year 2018.

ANNEXURE

Sl.No         Public Holidays        Date         Day
1 New Year’s Day 01.01.2018 Monday
2 Pongal 14.01.2018 Sunday
3 Thiruvalluvar Day 15.01.2018 Monday
4 Uzhavar Thirunal 16.01.2018 Tuesday
5 Republic Day 26.01.2018 Friday
6 Telugu New Year’s Day 18.03.2018 Sunday
7 Mahaveer Jayanthi 29.03.2018 Thursday
8 Good Friday 30.03.2018 Friday
9 * Annual closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks 01.04.2018 Sunday
10 Tamil New Year’s Day and Dr. B.R.Ambedkar’s Birthday 14.04.2018 Saturday
11 May day 01.05.2018 Tuesday
12 Ramzon (Idu’l Fitr) 15.06.2018 Friday
13 Independence Day 15.08.2018 Wednesday
14 Bakrid 22.08.2018 Wednesday
15 Krishna Jayanthi 02.09.2018 Sunday
16 Vinayakar Chathurthi 13.09.2018 Thursday
17 Muharram 21.09.2018 Friday
18 Gandhi Jayanthi 02.10.2018 Tuesday
19 Ayutha Pooja 18.10.2018 Thursday
20 Vijaya Dasami 19.10.2018 Friday
21 Deepavali 06.11.2018 Tuesday
22 Milad-un-Nabi 21.11.2018 Wednesday
23 Christmas 25.12.2018 Tuesday

Applicable only to Commercial Banks and Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

GIRIJA VAIDYANATHAN

CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT