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 |
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1941 SAKA ERA |
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| 1 | Republic Day | January 26 | Magha 06 | Sunday |
| 2 | Holi | March 10 | Phalguna 20 | Tuesday |
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1942 SAKA ERA |
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| 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 |
(Rakesh Minhas)
Collector/ Director (G.A.D)
Daman
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