This office memorandum announces a change in the date for the restricted holiday commemorating the birthday of Shri Guru Gobind Singh. The holiday has been shifted from January 5th to December 31st, 2011, based on amendments to the criteria for determining the date based on the lunar calendar. The memorandum is circulated to various government ministries, departments, and organizations, including constitutional bodies, state governments, and relevant welfare committees, with instructions to update their records and disseminate the information.
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OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Restricted Holiday (R.H) on the occasion birthday of Shri Guru Gobind Singh to be observed on 31^{st } December, 2011
The birthday of Shri Guru Gobind Singh has been shifted from 5^{th } January 2012 ( 15 Pausha 1933 SE, Thursday) to 31^{st } December 2011 ( 10 Pausha 1933 SE Saturday). Modification had been made on the basis of amendments in the critcrion of the festival falling on Lunar tithi – Pausha Sukla Saptami instead of Solar Date of January 5. Accordingly, there will be Restricted Holiday on 31^{st } December, 2011 on account of birthday of Shri Guru Gobind Singh.
- Hindi version will follow.
To
- All Ministries/ Departments of Government of India.
- UPSC/CVC/C&AG/ PMO / Lok Sabha Secretariat/ Rajya Sabha Secretariat/ President’s Secretariat/Vice-President’s Secretariat/ Supreme Court/ High Court/ Central Administrative Tribunal/ Election Commission of India / Minorities Commission/ National Human Rights Commission/Central Information Commission/National Commission for Women.
- All attached and subordinate offices of Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions.
- Secretary, Staff Side, National Council (JCM), 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi.
- All Staff Side Members of the National Council (JCM).
- All Staff Side Members of the Departmental Council (JCM), Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions.
- Chairman / Secretaries, Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees (As per updated list from Welfare Section).
- Commissioner for Scheduled Castes /Commissioner for Scheduled Tribes.
- PS to Cabinet Secretary.
- Deputy Secretary (Coordination), Delhi Govt. Secretariat, I.G. Stadium, I.T.O., New Delhi.
- The Manager (Store), Government of India, Forms’ Store, 166, Lenin Sarai, Kolkata (with 10 spare copies).
- Chief Secretaries to all the State Governments / Union Territoreis.
- Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity, PTI Building, New Delhi (with 5 spare copies)
- Deputy Director (Bills), Dte. of Printing, B-Wing, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi (with 5 spare copies)
- Positional Astronomy Centre, Block-AQ, Plot No. 8 Sector-V, Salt lake, Manish Bathan, Kolkata – 700091
- Facilitation Center, DOP&T (20 copies)
NIC (DOPT) with the request to place this O.M. on the Website of the Department (www.persmin.nic.in)
- 100 Spare Copies.