Union Territory Government Holidays 2020 For Offices In Daman & Diu

Public Holidays for the government offices, Optional Holidays & Bank Holidays recognized by UT Administration in Daman & Diu for the year 2020

No. 11/01/96-06/GA/Holiday /111/2019-20/3482
U.T. Administration of Daman & Diu,
Office of the Collector/Director (GA),

Daman: 396 220.

Dated :06 /12/2019.

READ :1. Government of India, Department of Per. & Trg. No. F.No. 12/1/2019-JCA-2 dated 18/06/2019 Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training), Establishment (JCA-2) Section, North Block, New Delhi.

2. Ministry of Home Affairs Communication dated 15.02.1984 vide No. 14046/27/83/GP (I).

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the Power conferred under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act 1881 (26 of 1881), the Administrator of Union Territory of Daman & Diu is pleased to declare the holidays as specified in the Part-I, II and III appended to this Notification for the Union Territory of Daman & Diu.

Part – I Indicates Holidays in the Union Territory of Daman & Diu during the calendar year 2020, Saka 1941-42 which shall apply to all Government Offices/Semi Govt. Offices/Local Bodies/Commercial Banks in Daman & Diu.

Part – II Indicates the list of Restricted Holidays out of which an employee is entitled to avail any two holidays.

Part – 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 Part – I and the Government transaction / RBI chest will remain operative on other working days.

All the holidays including in Part – 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.

By order and in the name of the
Administrator of Daman & Diu.

(Rakesh Minhas)

Collector/Director (G.A.D.)
UT Administration of Daman & Diu

To,

1) All Head of Offices, Daman
2) The Dy. Collector, Diu to circulate the Notification to all the Head of Offices of Diu.

Copy to:-

1) The Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
2) The Joint Secretary (UT), Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.
3) The Secretary, Election Commission of India, New Delhi.
4) The Election Commissioner for UTs, Delhi.
5) The Under Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pension (Department of Personnel & Training), North Block, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
6) P.S. to Hon’ble Administrator, Daman & Diu and DNH., at Daman.
7) The Advisor to Administrator, Secretariat, Daman.
8) The Secretary (Education), Daman & Diu and DNH., at Daman.
9) The Secretary (Finance), Secretariat, Daman.
10) The Collector, Darnari/Diu,
11) The Law Secretary, Secretariat, Daman.
12) The Deputy Director of Planning & Statistics for publication in the Official Gazette and supply 20 copies of the Gazette to this office at earliest.
13) The District Information Officer, NIC, Secretariat, Daman with a request to upload and said Notification on Website of Daman.

(Rakesh Minhas)

Collector/Director (G.AD.)
UT Administration of Daman & Diu

U.T. Administration of Daman & Diu,

Office of the Collector/Director (GA),

Daman: 396 220.
Dated the December, 2019

NOTIFICATION

PART-I

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, 2020

No. 11/01/96-06/GA/Holiday/IIl/2019-20: The UT Administration of Daman & Diu is pleased to declare the following days to be Public Holidays for the Government offices of Daman & Diu during the year 2020.

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
1941 SAKA ERA
1	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Sunday
2	Maha Shivaratri	February 21	Phalguna 02	Friday
3	Holi	March 10	Phalguna 20	Tuesday
1942 SAKA ERA
4	Gudi Padava	March 25	Chaitra 05	Wednesday
5	Ram Navami	April 02	Chaitra 13	Thursday
6	Mahavir Jayanti	April 06	Chaitra 17	Monday
7	Good Friday	April 10	Chaitra 21	Friday
8	Id-ul-Fitr	May 25	Jyaishtha 04	Monday
9	Janmashtami	August 12	Sarvana 21	Wednesday
10	Independence Day	August 15	Sarvana 24	Saturday
11	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	August 22	Sarvana 31	Saturday
12	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Friday
13	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 14	Kartika 23	Saturday
14	Vikram Samvat New Year Day / Bhai Duj	November 16	Kartika 25	Monday
15	Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 20	Kartika 29	Friday
16	Liberation Day (Daman and Diu)	December 19	Agrahayana 28	Saturday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausha 04	Friday

Note : The following days have not been notified as General Holidays as they fall on Sunday.

1.	Liberation Day Dadra & Nagar Haveli	August 02	Sravana 13	Sunday
2.	Parsi New Year’s Day /Naoraz	August 16	Sravana 25	Sunday
3.	Dussehra	October 25	Kartika 03	Sunday
4.	Govardhan Puja	November 15	Kartika 24	Sunday

(Rakesh Minhas)
Collector/Director (G.A.D.)

Daman.

PART-II

OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

No. 11/01/96-06/GA/Holiday/III/2019-20: The following are the Optional Holidays recognized by UT Administration of Daman & Diu for the year 2020 in addition to those notified as Public Holidays.

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
SAKA ERA 1941
1	New Year’s Day	January 01	Pausha 11	Wednesday
2	Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday	January 02	Pausha 12	Thursday
3	Lohri	January 13	Pausha 23	Monday
4	Makar Sankranti / Pongal	January 14	Pausha 24	Wednesday
5	Basant Panchami/ Sri Panchami	January 30	Magha 10	Thursday
6	Guru Ravi das’s Birthday	February 09	Magha 20	Sunday
7	Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	February 18	Magha 29	Tuesday
8	Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Magha 30	Wednesday
9	Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra	March 09	Phalguna 19	Monday
10	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	March 09	Phalguna 19	Monday
SAKA ERA 1942
11	Easter Sunday	April 12	Chaitra 23	Sunday
12	Vaisakhi/ Vishu	April 13	Chaitra 24	Monday
13	Mesadi/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 14	Chaitra 25	Tuesday
14	Budha Purnima	May 07	Vaisakha 17	Thursday
15	Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday	May 08	Vaisakha 18	Friday
16	Jamat ul-Vida	May 22	Jyaishtha 01	Friday
17	Rath Yatra	June 23	Ashadha 02	Tuesday
18	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	August 01	Sarvana 10	Saturday
19	Raksha Bandhan	August 03	Sarvana 12	Monday
20	Janmashtami (Smarta)	August 11	Sarvana 20	Tuesday
21	Muharram	August 30	Bhadra 08	Sunday
22	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	August 31	Bhadra 09	Monday
23	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	October 23	Kartika 01	Friday
24	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Maha Navmi)(Additional)	October 24	Kartika 02	Saturday
25	Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala)	October 26	Kartika 04	Monday
26	Milad –un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	October 30	Kartika 08	Friday
27	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October 31	Kartika 09	Saturday
28	Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)	November 04	Kartika 13	Wednesday
29	Naraka Chaturdasi	November 14	Kartika 23	Saturday
30	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Tuesday
31	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 30	Agrahayana 09	Monday
32	Christmas Eve	December 24	Pausha 03	Thursday

(Rakesh Minhas)

Collector/ Director (G.A.D)

Daman

PART-Ill

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, 2020 FOR BANKS

No. 11/01/96-06/GA/Holiday /Ill/2019-20: The following are the Bank Holidays recognized by UT Administration of Daman & Diu for the year 2020 under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for UT of Daman & Diu.)

PART-A

SHALL APPLY TO THE COMMERCIAL BANKS ONLY.

Sl.No	Holidays	Date	Saka Dated	Day
1	Bank’s Annual Closing Day	April 01	Chaitra 12	Wednesday

PART-B

SHALL APPLY TO THE INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS.

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
1941 SAKA ERA
1	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Sunday
2	Holi	March 10	Phalguna 20	Tuesday
1942 SAKA ERA
3	Labour day	May 01	Vaisakha 11	Friday
4	Independence Day	August 15	Sarvana 24	Saturday
5	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Friday
6	Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 20	Kartika 29	Friday
7	Liberation Day (Daman and Diu)	December 19	Agrahayana 28	Saturday