West Bengal Public Holiday List 2024 PDF

West Bengal Government Public Holiday List 2024 PDF

The Kolkata Welfare Co-Ordination Committee has recently released a comprehensive list of mandatory and restricted holidays for the year 2024. This list was published on September 12, 2023, and can be accessed by clicking on the provided PDF link.

Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
“NABANNA”
325, Sarat Chatterjee Road
Howrah-711102

No. 6112-F(P2)

Howrah, the 9th November, 2023

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 8th June, 1957, the Governor is pleased to declare the days as specified at List I below to be Public Holidays during the year 2024.

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 2024.
3. Further, the Governor is pleased to declare that the days as specified atList III may be observed as Sectional Holidays in the year 2024 for the employees of different communities mentioned against the day.

List-1 (Public Holidays in 2024 under the N. I. Act)

Yearly Closing of Bank Account: 1st April (Monday) (for Banks only).

List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2024)

 (#) Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma falls on 14th February, Wednesday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-ll.
(##) Birth Day of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 23rd May, Thursday, which is a holiday under N. I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-ll.
(###) Birth Day of Birsa Munda falls on 15th November, Friday which is a holiday under N.l. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-ll.
(####) Parshwanath’s Rathajatra falls on 15th November, Friday which is a holiday under N. I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-ll.
(#####) This year Doljatra and Holi fall on same day so ‘Holi’ is not shown separately in List II.

List-Ill (Sectional Holidays in 2024)

(**) Hul Diwas, Sectional Holiday [for Adivasi (Santhal) only] on 30th June falls on Sunday which is a holiday under N.l. Act & therefore not shown separately in List III.

Note:

1. Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act. .
2. In the year 2024, the following festivals / occasions fall on Sundays which are public Holidays under N. I. Act and hence have not been included in lists:

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-Ul-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 above mentioned 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 and 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/- Dr. Manoj Pant
Additional Chief Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal

These holidays are observed in central and state government offices, banks, post offices, railway departments, schools and colleges in West Bengal.

Central Govt Office Holiday List 2024 in West Bengal PDF

The Department of Finance (Audit) has also published a holiday list specifically for Wes​t Be​ngal on November 9, 2​023, which can be viewed by clicking on the PDF​ link provided. As a service to our users, we have compiled two detailed lists of holidays applicable to Central and State Government offices in West Bengal​ for the entirety of 2024.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’
WELFARE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE, KOLKATA
Aayyakar Bhawan, 2nd floor, Room No.2/14, P-7, Chowringhee Square, Kolkata-700069
Email ID: bishnu.mondal@incometax.gov.in Phone No-2213-6892

NO.C.G.W.C.C/Kol/Holiday 2024/2023-24/121

Dated 12.09.2023

List of Compulsory & Restricted Holidays for the year 2024.

In accordance with the revised policy of the Govt. of India (Ministry of Home Affairs, Deptt. of Personnel & Administrative Reforms), O.M. No.-9/37/82/JCA dated 11.11.1982, the working committee of the CGEWC, Kolkata in its 120th meeting held on 08.09.2023 decided 3 (three) holidays locally (at Sl. No. 1, 2 & 11 of para 3.1) in addition to 14 (fourteen) holidays fixed by the Ministry for the year 2024 vide F.No. 12/2/2023-JCA, Govt. of India, Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions, (Departement of Personnel & Tranining), New Delhi, dated 03/07/2023. Thus the Central Govt. Offices coming under the purview of this committee who are doing “work of Secretariat Nature” will observe the under-noted 17 (seventeen) compulsory holidays for the Calendar year 2024 and further 2 (two) Restricted Holidays from the List of Restricted Holidays for the year 2024.

List of Compulsory Holiday List 2024

Note: Central Govt. Organizations, which include Industrial, Commercial & Training Establishments (i.e. other than doing work of a Secretariat nature) would observe 16 holidays in a year out of which 3 namely, Republic Day, Independence, and Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday will be compulsory. The remaining Holidays / Occasions may be determined by such Establishments / Organizations themselves on a year-to-year basis.

In deciding whether a particular Department / Establishment / Organization is an Industrial, Commercial or Trading Organization (i.e. other than those doing work of a Secretariat nature) the decision may be taken by the respective Ministry / Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.

The date of Holidays for the Muslim Festivals may be changed on the sighting of the Moon and the decision to be taken by the CGEWCC, Kolkata based on the decision of the State Government in respect of idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zoha [Id-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid)], Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

List of Restricted Holidays List 2024

[BISHNU PADA MONDAL] SECRETARY
CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES WELFARE
CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE, KOLKATA

West Bengal Govt Holiday Calendar 2024 PDF