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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.

Contents
List-1 (Public Holidays in 2024 under the N. I. Act)
List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2024)
List-Ill (Sectional Holidays in 2024)
List of Compulsory Holiday List 2024
List of Restricted Holidays List 2024
West Bengal Govt Holiday Calendar 2024 PDF

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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)

Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda 12th January 2024, Friday
Netaji’s Birth Day 23rd January 2024, Tuesday
Republic Day 26th January 2024, Friday
Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] 14th February 2024, Wednesday
Doljatra 25th March 2024, Monday
Good Friday 29th March 2024, Friday
Eid-UI-Fitr 11th April 2024, Thursday
May Day 1st May 2024, Wednesday
Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore 8th May 2024, Wednesday
Buddha Purnima 23rd May 2024, Thursday
Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) 17th June 2024, Monday
Muharram 17th July 2024, Wednesday
Independence Day 15th August 2024, Thursday
Birth Day of Gandhiji 2nd October 2024, Wednesday
Mahalaya 2nd October 2024, Wednesday
Durga Puja,  Maha Saptami 10th October 2024, Thursday
Durga Puja,  Maha Ashtami and Maha Navami 11th October 2024, Friday
(**) Durga Puja,  Dasami 12th October 2024, Saturday
Lakshmi Puja 16th October 2024, Wednesday
Kali Puja 31st October 2024, Thursday
Birth Day of Guru Nanak 15th November 2024, Friday
Christmas Day 25th December 2024, Wednesday

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

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

New Year’s Day 1st January 2024, Monday
Day before Saraswati Puja 13th February 2024, Tuesday
Shab-e-Barat 26th February 2024, Monday
Shivaratri 8th March 2024, Friday
Day after Doljatra 26th March 2024, Tuesday
(**) Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur (Madhu Krishna Troyodashi Tithi) 6th April 2024, Saturday
Day before Eid-UI-Fitr 10th April 2024, Wednesday
(**)Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only 13th July 2024, Saturday
Rakhi Bandhan 19th August 2024, Monday
Janmastami 26th August 2024, Monday
Fateha-Dwaz-Daham 16th September 2024, Monday
Durga Puja,  Maha Chaturthi 7th October 2024, Monday
Durga Puja,  Maha Panchami 8th October 2024, Tuesday
Durga Puja,  Maha Shashthi 9th October 2024, Wednesday
Additional Day for Durga Puja 14th October 2024, Monday
Additional Day for Durga Puja 15th October 2024, Tuesday
Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja 17th October 2024, Thursday
Additional Day for Lakshmi Puja 18th October 2024, Friday
Additional Day for Kali Puja 1st November 2024, Friday
Day after Bhratridwitiya 4th November 2024, Monday
Chhat Puja 7th November 2024, Thursday
Additional Day for Chhat Puja 8th November 2024, Friday
Karam Puja To be notified later on

 (#) 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)

(**) Birthday of Guru Rabidas (for the followers of Guru Rabidas) 24th February 2024, Saturday
(**) Easter Saturday 30th March 2024, (Saturday) [for Christians only]

(**) 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:

i) Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) 14th April 2024, Sunday
ii) Birth Day of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 14th April 2024, Sunday
iii) Mahavir Jayanti 21st April 2024, Sunday
iv) Rathayatra 7th July 2024, Sunday
v) Bhratridwitiya 3rd November 2024, 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-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

SI.No Holiday & Connect Festivals Month & Date A.D. 2024 Days of Week
1. Republic Day January, 26 Friday
2. Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami February 14 Wednesday
3. Holi March, 25 Monday
4. Good Friday March, 29 Friday
5. Id-Ul-Fitr April, 11 Thursday
6. Mahavir Jayanti April, 21 Sunday
7. Buddha Purnima May, 23 Thursday
8. ld-Uz-Zuha (Bakrid) June, 17 Monday
9. Muharram July, 17 Wednesday
10. Independence Day August, 15 Thursday
11. Milad-un-abi or ld-E-Milad (Birth Day of Prophet Mohammad) September, 16 Monday
12. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Day October, 02 Wednesday
13. Dussehra (Mahanavmi / Mahanavmi) (Additional day) October, 11 Friday
14. Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi) October, 12 Saturday
15. Diwali (Deepavali) October, 31 Thursday
16. Guru Nanak’s Birthday November, 15 Friday
17. Christmas Day December, 25 Wednesday

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

SI.No Restricted Holidays & Connected Festivals Month & Date 2024 A.D Days of Week
1. New Year’s Day January, 01 Monday
2. Lohri January, 13 Saturday
3 Makar Sankranti January, 14 Sunday
4 Magha Bihu / Pongal January, 15 Monday
5 Guru Govind Singh’s Birthday January, 17 Wednesday
6 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birthday January, 23 Tuesday
7 Hazarat Ali’s Birthday January, 25 Thursday
8 Shivaji Jayanti February, 19 Monday
9 Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday February, 24 Saturday
10 Birthday of Swami Dayanand Saraswati March, 06 Wednesday
11 Maha Shivaratri March, 08 Friday
12 Holika Dahan March, 24 Sunday
13 Dolyatra March, 25 Monday
14 Easter Sunday March, 31 Sunday
15 Jarnat-ul-Vida April, 05 Friday
16 Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand April, 09 Tuesday
17 Vaisakhi/Vishu April, 13 Saturday
18 Meshadi (Tamil New Years Day) Vaisakhadi (Bengali)/Bahag Bihu (Assam) April, 14 Sunday
19 Ram Navami April, 17 Wednesday
20 Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore May, 08 Wednesday
21 Rath Yatra June, 07 Sunday
22 Parsi New Year ‘s day/Nauraj August, 15 Thursday
23 Raksha Bandhan August, 19 Monday
24 Janmashtami (Vaisnava) August, 26 Monday
25 Ganesha Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chathurthi September, 07 Saturday
26 Onam or Thiru Onam day September, 15 Sunday
27 Dussehra (Saptami) October,10 Thursday
28 Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday October, 17 Thursday
29 Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) October, 20 Sunday
30 Naraka Chaturdasi October 31 Thursday
31 Govardhan Puja November, 02 Saturday
32 Bhai Duj November, 03 Sunday
33 Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) November, 07 Thursday
34 Jagaddhatri Puja November, 08 Friday
35 Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day November, 24 Sunday
36 Christmas Eve December, 24 Tuesday

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

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