West Bengal Govt Public Holiday List 2022

পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকারি ছুটির তালিকা 2022 বিজ্ঞপ্তি

WB Govt Holiday List 2022

Public Holidays in West Bengal 2022

The Department of Finance (Audit) of the West Bengal Government today released the notification of holidays for the year 2022 (Click to view the Notification). The first list is Public Holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act and the second list is State Government holidays and the 3rd list is Sectional holiday in 2022.

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Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
Nabanna, 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road
Howrah – 711102

No.3640-F(P2)

Howrah, the 26th November, 2021

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the power conferred by the explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), read with Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Notification No. 20/25/56-pub(l) dated the 8″ June, 1957, the Governor is pleased to. declare the days as specified at List I below to be Public Holidays during the year 2022.

2. The Governor is also pleased to notify that the offices under the Government of West Bengal with the exception of the offices of the Registrar of Assurances, Kolkata and Collector of the Stamp Revenue, Kolkata shall be closed on the days as specified at List II below which are not declared to be public holidays, during the year 2022.

3. Further, the Governor is pleased to declare that the days as specified at List Ill may be observed as Sectional Holidays in the year 2022 for the employees of different communities mentioned against the day.

List I (Public Holidays in 2022 under the N. I. Act)

• Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda – 12 January (Wednesday)
• Republic Day – 26 January (Wednesday)
• **Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] – 5 February (Saturday)
• Doljatra – 18 March (Friday)
• Birth Day of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar – 14 April (Thursday)
• Mahavir Jayanti – 14 April (Thursday)
• Good Friday – 15 April (Friday)
• Bengali New Year’s Day {Nababarsha) – 15 April (Friday)
• Eid-UI-Fitr – 3 May (Tuesday)
• Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore – 9 May (Monday)
• Buddha Purnima – 16 May (Monday)
• Muharram – 9 August (Tuesday)
• Independence Day – 15August (Monday)
• Durga Puja Astami – 03 October (Monday)
• Durga Puja Nabami – 04 October (Tuesday)
• Durga Puja Dasami – 05 October (Wednesday)
• Kali Puja – 24 October (Monday)
• Birth Day of Guru Nanak – 8 November (Tuesday)

Yearly Closing of Bank Account – 1 st April (Friday) (for Banks only, Government Offices and Treasuries will remain open).

List II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2022)

• **New Year’s Day – 01 January (Saturday)
• Day before Saraswati Puja – 04 February (Friday)
• Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma – 14 February (Monday)
• Shivaratri – 1 March (Tuesday)
• **Holi (Day after Doljatra) 19 March (Saturday)
• Additional day for Eid-UI-Fitr – 4 May (Wednesday)
• Rathayatra – 1 July (Friday)
• Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & 13″ July (Wednesday) Kalimpong District only) Janmastami – 19″ August (Friday)
• Additional day for Durga Puja Mahapanchami – 30 September (Friday)
• **Additional day for Durga Puja Mahasasthi – 1 October (Saturday)
• Additional day in connection with Durga Puja – 6 October (Thursday)
• Additional day in connection with Durga Puja – 7 October (Friday)
• **Additional day in connection with Durga Puja – 8 October (Saturday)
• Additional day in connection with Lakshmi Puja – 10 October (Monday)
• Additional day in connection with Kali Puja – 25 October (Tuesday)
• Additional day in connection with Kali Puja – 26 October (Wednesday)
• Bhatridwitya – 27 October (Thursday)
• Additional day in connection with Chhat Puja – 31 October (Monday)
• Birth Day of Birsa Munda – 15 November (Tuesday)

Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 16 May, Monday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List II.

List Ill (Sectional Holidays in 2022)

• Birth Day of Guru Rabidas – 16 February (Wednesday) [for the followers of Guru Rabidas]
• **Easter Saturday – 15 April (Saturday) [for Christians only]
• Hui Diwas – 30 June, (Thursday) [for Adivasi (Santhal) only]
• Karam Puja – To be notified later on

Shab-e-Barat, Sectional holiday for Muslim Community falls on 19″ March, Saturday, which is State Government holiday and therefore has not been shown separately in List Ill.

Note:
1. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
2. In the year 2022, the following festivals/occasions fall on Sundays which are public Holidays under N. I. Act and hence have not been included in lists:

• i) Birth Day of Netaji 23″ January (Sunday) ii) Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand 10″ April (Sunday) Thakur
• ii) May Day – 1 May (Sunday)
• iii) Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) – 10 July (Sunday)
• iv) Mahalaya – 25 September (Sunday)
• v) Birth Day of Gandhiji – 2 October (Sunday)
• vi) Durgapuja Saptami – 2 October (Sunday)
• vii) Fateha-Dwaz-Daham – 9 October (Sunday)
• viii) Lakshmi Puja – 9 October (Sunday)
• ix) Chhat Puja – 30 October (Sunday)
• x) Christmas Day – 25 December (Sunday)

3. The holiday with double asterisk marks i.e.(**) is applicable to those Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holiday.

4. General instructions as laid down hereunder are to be followed in case of Muslim festivals.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED IN ALL TYPES OF HOLIDAYS INCLUDING HOLIDAYS FOR THE MUSLIM FESTIVALS

1) No substitute holiday shall be allowed if any of the festival – holidays initially notified subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festival falling on the same day.

2) If there is any change in the date of Eid-UI-Fitr, Id-Ud-Zoha, Muharram, Fateha-Dwaz-Daham, Shab-e-Barat depending upon the sighting of the moon, holiday will be declared by a separate order for the date on which the festival would be actually observed in lieu of the date originally notified as holiday for this festival.

3) It may happen that the change of date of abovementioned occasions has to be notified at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement would be made through T.V. /A.I.R. / News Papers. Heads of Department/ Offices of the State Government may take action according to such announcements without waiting for formal order about the change of date.

By order of the Governor,
Sd/- Manoj Pant
Principal Secretary to the Government of West Bengal

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State Government Holidays 2022

January 2022	February 2022
March 2022	April 2022
May 2022	June 2022
July 2022	August 2022
September 2022	October 2022
November 2022	December 2022

West Bengal Govt Holidays in January 2022

26 January 2022 – Wednesday – Republic Day

West Bengal Govt Holidays in February 2022

Day before Saraswati Puja – 04 February (Friday)
Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma – 14 February (Monday)

West Bengal Govt Holidays in March 2022

01 March 2022 – Tuesday – Shivaratri
19 March 2022 – Saturday – Holi

West Bengal Govt Holidays in April 2022

14 April 2022 – Thursday – Mahavir Jayanti

15 April 2022 – Friday – Good Friday

West Bengal Govt Holidays in May 2022

04 May 2022 – Wednesday – Id-Ul-Fitr

West Bengal Govt Holidays in July 2022

01 July 2022 – Sunday – Rath Yatra

13 July 2022 – Wednesday – Id-U’l-Zuha (Bakrid)

West Bengal Govt Holidays in August 2022

19 August 2022 – Friday – Janmashtami

West Bengal Govt Holidays in September 2022

30 September2022 – Friday – Durga Puja Mahasasthi

West Bengal Govt Holidays in October 2022

01 October 2022 – Saturday – Durga Puja Mahasasthi

06 October 2022 – Monday – Durga Puja

07 October 2022 – Wednesday – Durga Puja

08 October 2022 – Sunday – Durga Puja

10 October 2022 – Monday – Lakshmi Puja

25 October 2022 – Monday – Kali Puja

26 October 2022 – Monday – Kali Puja

27 October 2022 – Monday – Bhatrdwitya

31 October 2022 – Monday – Chhat Puja

West Bengal Govt Holidays in November 2022

15 November 2022 – Tuesday – Birth Day of Birsa Munda

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