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Everything You Need To Know About The Post Office Holidays

The post office is one of the most essential public services in our country, allowing people from all walks of life to send and receive important mail and parcels. However, like all great organizations, the post office does take a break on certain days throughout the year. It’s important to know when the post office is closed, to ensure that you plan for any delays in delivery or services you may need. In this article, we’ll cover the post office holidays.

Central Government are observed on 17 Gazetted Holidays and 33 Restricted Holidays for Central Government Offices During the Year 2023.

The Postal Service delivers mail every day of the year, except on Sundays and Central Govt holidays. When a post office is closed for a holiday, mail delivery and other services are also affected. To avoid any delays, it is best to plan ahead and be aware of the holiday schedule. This can help you make sure your mail is delivered as expected, on time. The Postal Service also provides an online calendar of post office holidays at https://www.indiapost.gov.in/. This calendar helps customers plan for any potential delays in their mail service. It also includes a listing of national and regional holidays, so customers can be aware of any changes in the mail service.

No. 21-01/2022-PE-II
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
Establishment Division

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001

Dated 18th Aug, 2022

All Chief Postmasters General

SUB: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023-reg.

The undersigned is directed to forward herewith a copy of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training OM No. 12/5/2022-JCA dated. 16th Jun, 2022 on the subject cited above.

It is requested to bring the aforesaid OM to the notice of all concerned.

sd/-
(Sapna)
Assistant Director General (Estt.)

Copy to:
1. Sr. PPS to Secretary (P)/ Sr. PPS to DG Postal Service
2. PPS to All Members, Postal Services Board/Addl DG (Coordination)
3. AS & FA / Secretary (PSB)
4. CGM, PLI / CGM, BD & MD / CGM, Parcel Directorate
5. Director, RAKNPA
6. All DDsG / Directors / ADsG in Postal Directorate
7. Additional Director General, APS C/o 56, APO, R. K. Puram, New Delhi
8. DG P & T Audit, Civil Lines, New Delhi – 54
9. GM, CEPT, Mysore, with a request to upload the OM on the India Post Website.
10. SO Guard File

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(Gulshan Kumar)
Section Officer (PE-II)

Ministry of Communications – Department of Posts – Holiday List 2023 PDF Download – Click Here

List of Central Government Gazetted Holidays 2023

List of 17 Gazetted Holidays for Central Government Offices During the Year 2023

India Post Office Holidays in Jan 2023

• Republic Day – 26.01.2023 – Thu

India Post Office Holidays in Mar 2023

• Holi – 08.03.2023 – Wed
• Ram Navami – 30.03.2023 – Thu

India Post Office Holidays in Apr 2023

• Mahavir Jayanti – 04.04.2023 – Tue
• Good Fri – 07.04.2023 – Fri
• Id-ul-Fitr – 22.04.2023 – Sat

India Post Office Holidays in May 2023

• Buddha Purnima – 05.05.2023 – Fri

India Post Office Holidays in Jun 2023

• Bakrid / Id-ul-Zuha – 29.06.2023 – Thu

India Post Office Holidays in Jul 2023

• Muharram – 29.07.2023 – Sat

India Post Office Holidays in Aug 2023

• Independence Day – 15.08.2023 – Tue

India Post Office Holidays in Sep 2023

• Janmashtami (Vaishnva) – 07.09.2023 – Thu
• Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) – 28.09.2023 – Thu

India Post Office Holidays in Oct 2023

• Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday – 02.10.2023 – Mon
• Dussehra – 24.10.2023 – Tue

India Post Office Holidays in Nov 2023

• Diwali – 12.11.2023 – Sun
• Guru Nanak’s Birthday – 27.11.2023 – Mon

India Post Office Holidays in Dec 2023

• Christmas Day – 25.12.2023 – Mon

List of Central Government Restricted Holidays 2023

List of 33 Restricted Holidays for Central Government Offices During the Year 2023

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Jan 2023

• New Year’s Day – 01.01.2023 – Sun
• Makar Sankranti / Magha Bihu – 14.01.2023 – Sat
• Pongal – 15.1.2023 – Sun
• Basant Panchami / Sri Panchami – 26.01.2023 – Sat

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Feb 2023

• Hazarat Ali’s Birthday, Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday – 05.02.2023 – Sun
• Birthday of Swami Dayananda Saraswati – 15.02.2023 – Wed
• Maha Shivratri – 18.02.2023 – Sat
• Shiva ji Jayanti – 19.02.2023 – Sun

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Mar 2023

• Holika dahan, dolyatra – 07.03.2023 – Tue
• Chaitra Sukladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand – 22.03.2023 – Wed

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Apr 2023

• Easter Sun – 09.04.2023 – Sun
• Vaisakhi / Vishu / Meshadi – 14.04.2023 – Fri
• Vaisakhadi (Bengal) / Bahag Bihu (Assam) – 15.04.2023 – Sat
• Jamat-Ul-Vida – 21.4.2023 – Fri

Central Government Restricted Holidays in May 2023

• Birthday of Guru Rabindranath Tagore – 09.05.2023 – Tue

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Jun 2023

• Rath Yatra – 20.06.2023 – Tue

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Aug 2023

• Parsi New Year’s day / Nauraj – 16.08.2023 – Wed
• Vinayaka Chaturthi – 20.08.2023 – Sun
• Onam or Thiru Onam Day – 29.08.2023 – Tue
• Raksha Bandhan – 30.08.2023 – Wed

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Sep 2023

• Janmashtami (Smarta) – 06.09.2023 – Wed
• Ganesh Chaturthi – 19.9.2023 – Tue

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Oct 2023

• Dussehra (Saptami) – 21.10.2023 – Sat
• Dussehra (Mahashtami) – 22.10.2023 – Sun
• Dussehra (Mahanavmi) – 23.10.2023 – Mon
• Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday – 28.10.2023 – Sat

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Nov 2023

• Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) – 01.11.2023 – Wed
• Naraka Chaturdasi – 12.11.2023 – Sun
• Govardhan Puja – 13.11.2023 – Mon
• Bhai Duj – 15.11.2023 – Wed
• Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi (Chhat Puja) – 19.11.2023 – Sun
• Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day – 24.11.2023 – Fri

Central Government Restricted Holidays in Dec 2023

• Christmas Eve – 24.12.2023 – Sun

DoPT Holidays Order 2023

F.No.12/5/2022-JCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Establishment (JCA) Section

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 16 June, 2022

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2023- reg.

It has been decided that the holidays, as specified in the Annexure-I to this O.M., will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2023. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays specified at Annexure – II.

2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays, to be chosen out of the 12 optional holidays indicated below at para 3.1:

1. REPUBLIC DAY
2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4. BUDDHA PURNIMA
5. CHRISTMAS DAY
6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7. DJWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10. IDU’L FITR
11. IDU’L ZUHA
12. MAHAVIR JAY ANTI
13. MUHARRAM
14. PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)

3.1. For offices located in New Delhi/Delhi, three holidays are selected by the D/o Personnel & Training and for the offices located outside Delhi/New Delhi three holidays are to be chosen by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State, from the list indicated below. The final list, applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State, shall be notified accordingly and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in the festivals and dates, as indicated at Annexure -I and Annexure-11 baring a few exceptions indicated at para 5.1 and 5.2 hereinafter. The 12 optional holidays are as follows:

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2. HOLI
3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHIVRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINA YAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKAR SANKARANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANT PANCHAMI
12. VISHU/ VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SUKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADAVA /1ST NAVRATRA / NAORAZ/CHHATH PQOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays, initially declared, 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.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended as annexure-II to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance. However, the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are also to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idul-Fitr, Idul-Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, after ascertaining the position from the Govt, of NCT of Delhi (DCP, Special Branch, Delhi Police).

5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of IdulFitr, IdulZuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date in respect of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through P.I.B/T.V./A.I.R./ Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement, without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.

6. During 2023, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Sunday, November 12, 2023 (Kartika 21). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on “Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) in the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.

7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe upto 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments/organisations themselves for the year 2023, subject to para 3.2 above.

8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Instructions issued in this regard by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9. In respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Departments O.M. No. 12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words, they will have the option to select 14 (Fourteen) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Id-ul-Fitr, Muharram and Diwali included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.

10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

11. Hindi version will follow.

(S.P. Pant)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt, of India
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CG Gazetted Holidays in 2023

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2023 TO BE OBSERVED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

CG Restricted Holidays in 2023

ANNEXURE-II

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2023 IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCATED AT DELHI / NEW DELHI

Central Government Gazetted and Restricted Holidays in 2023 PDF Download