Central Government Holidays 2020 - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Offices

List of Closed and Restricted Holidays during the year 2020 for Administrative offices of Central government located in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana – CGEWCC

Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee
& Regional Sports Board, Hyderabad.
Ph: 040 – 23425482, 040 – 23236778

10th floor, A Block, Income Tax Towers
AC Guards Hyderabad.

MINUTES OF THE CGEWCC MEETING HELD ON 10.10.2019

The meeting of Central Government Employees Welfare Co-ordination Committee, Hyderabad was held on 10.10.2019 in the office of the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana in the conference hall at 10-A, Income Tax Towers, AC Guards, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. The following Members were present at the meeting :

Sl. No.	Name S/Shri/Smt.	Designation	Representing From	Membership
1	M MOHAN BABU, IRS	Dy. CIT (HQ) (Admn)	Income Tax Dept	Secretary
2	MANAS RANJAN BEHERA	ITO(HQ) (Welfare)	Income Tax Dept	Addl Secretary
3	KAVYANJALI DUBEY	Dy. Commandant	CISF (NISA)	Member
4	S SREENIVSA RAO	Assistant	Dept of Atomic Energy	Member
5	P PREMKUMAR	Welfare Assistant	PAG Office	Member
6	M NATARAJAN	Senior Technical Officer	CNA (DP) / Navy	Member
7	D SHANKAR BABU	Civil Technical Officer	CNA (DP) / Navy	Member
8	N.S. MUKUNDA RAO	Auditor	PAG Office	Member

The meeting began at 4.00 PM with the welcome words by the co-ordinator of the meeting Sri. MANAS RANJAN BEHERA, TO (HQ)(Welfare), Hyderabad after a brief registration process. The items of agenda for the meeting were as under:

(i) Finalisation of Holidays to be observed in 2020 in AP & TS

(ii) Any other issue with the permission of Chair.

2. Welcoming the gathering, the Secretary Sri M MOHAN BABU, IRS, Dy. Commissioner of Income-tax(HQrs)(Admn, Hyderabad has given a brief to all the members with regard to selection of holidays from the prescribed list. He requested all the members to take a decision according to the majority of members opinion. Members have welcomed the decision of the Secretary.

3. The Department of Personnel and Training; Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions, Government of India, has issued a Memorandum in F. No.12/1/2019-JCA-2 dated 18.06.2019 declaring 14 holidays as compulsory closed holidays to be observed in 2020 and three holidays that could be chosen out of a list of holidays given separately under para 3.1 of the letter. The members present, alter having discussions, had decided the following three holidays to be observed as compulsory closed holidays in 2020 in addition to the 14 declared by the DoPT:

(i) Makar Sankranti – 15th January, 2020 (Wednesday).

(ii) Maha Shivaratri – 21st February,2020 (Friday).

(iii) Holi – 10th March, 2020 (Tuesday).

4. It is also decided to add Two festivals specific to the states of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana to be added to the list of Restricted Holidays in view of the local importance of the festivals i.e.,

(i) Pongal / Kanuma – 15th January, 2020 (Thursday)

(ii) Bathukamma /Dussehra (Maha Saptami) – 23rd October, 2020 (Friday)

5. In case of any alteration of the above mentioned restricted holidays by the State Government of AP or TS, such alteration would be considered by the Chairman, CGEWCC. Further the committee decided that the festivals remaining alter determining three compulsory holidays mentioned at para 3.2 of DOPT’s letter should be added to the list of restricted holidays.

6. The final list of closed holidays to be observed in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana during the calendar year 2020 is given as Annexure I. List of Restricted holidays to be observed is given as Annexure II.

7. Finally, Sri MANAS RANJAN BEHERA, Additional Secretary, CGEWCC, made his remarks and concluded the meeting. The coordinator informed that all future communications / circulars in respect of CGEWCC/RSB would be updated on www.incometaxhyderabad.gov.in. All the members / representatives of various departments present at the meeting accepted for paperless communication. It was also requested that all the HODs may send their email addresses.

(N SANKARAN)
Pr. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, AP & TS &
Chairman, CGEWCC

Hyderabad, Date: 10.10.2019

ANNEXUE-I

LIST OF CLOSED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2020 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED IN ANDHRA PRADESH & TELANGANA

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Saka Date	Day
SAKA ERA 1941
1	Makar Sankranti	January 15	Pausha 25	Wednesday
2	Republic Day	January 26	Magha 06	Sunday
3	Maha Shivaratri	February 21	Phalguna 02	Friday
4	Holi	March 10	Phalguna 20	Tuesday
SAKA ERA 1942
5	Mahavir Jayanti	April 06	Chaitra 17	Monday
6	Good Friday	April 10	Chaitra 21	Friday
7	Budha Purnima	May 07	Vaisakha 17	Thursday
8	Id-ul-Fitr	May 25	Jyaishtha 04	Monday
9	Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)	August 01	Sarvana 10	Saturday
10	Independence Day	August 15	Sarvana 24	Saturday
11	Muharram	August 30	Bhadra 08	Sunday
12	Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 02	Asvina 10	Friday
13	Dussehra	October 25	Kartika 03	Sunday
14	Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad)	October 30	Kartika 08	Friday
15	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 14	Kartika 23	Saturday
16	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	November 30	Agrahayana 09	Monday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Pausha 04	Friday

ANNEXURE-II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2020 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED IN ANDHRA PRADESH & TELANGANA

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	Kanuma / Pongal	January 16	Pausha 26	Thursday
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	Maha Shivaratri	February 21	Phalguna 02	Friday
10	Holika Dahan/ Dolyatra	March 09	Phalguna 19	Monday
11	Hazarat Ali’s Birthday	March 09	Phalguna 19	Monday
SAKA ERA 1942
12	Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava/ Ugadi / Cheti Chand	March 25	Chaitra 05	Wednesday
13	Ram Navami	April 02	Chaitra 13	Thursday
14	Easter Sunday	April 12	Chaitra 23	Sunday
15	Vaisakhi/ Vishu	April 13	Chaitra 24	Monday
16	Mesadi/ Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 14	Chaitra 25	Tuesday
17	Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday	May 08	Vaisakha 18	Friday
18	Jamat Ul-Vida	May 22	Jyaishtha 01	Friday
19	Rath Yatra	June 23	Ashadha 02	Tuesday
20	Raksha Bandhan	August 03	Sarvana 12	Monday
21	Janmashtami (Smarta)	August 11	Sarvana 20	Tuesday
22	Janmashtami	August 12	Sarvana 21	Wednesday
23	Parsi New Year’s day/ Nauraj	August 16	Sravana 25	Sunday
24	Vinayaka Chaturthi/ Ganesh Chaturthi	August 22	Sravana 31	Saturday
25	Onam or Thiru Onam Day	August 31	Bhadra 09	Monday
26	Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	October 23	Kartika 01	Friday
27	Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Maha Navmi)(Additional)	October 24	Kartika 02	Saturday
28	Vijay Dashmi (Bengal, Kerala)	October 26	Kartika 04	Monday
29	Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday	October 31	Kartika 09	Saturday
30	Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth)	November 04	Kartika 13	Wednesday
31	Govardhan Puja	November 15	Kartika 24	Sunday
32	Bhai Duj	November 16	Kartika 25	Monday
33	Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhath Puja)	November 20	Kartika 29	Friday
34	Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Tuesday
35	Christmas Eve	December 24	Pausha 03	Thursday