GO.5236 List of General and Optional Holidays for 2014 Calender Year

GO.5236 Dated 29th Nov 2013. General and Optional Holidays List for 2014 Calender Year. Government every year release the List of General and Optional Holidays for the Calender Years.  GO.5236 and GO.5237 Gen Adm Dept-Government has released the List of General Holidays and Optional Holidays for the Calender Year 2014. Details given below.

GO.5236 List of General and Optional Holidays for 2014

HOLIDAYS- General Holidays and Optional Holidays for the year 2014 – Declared.
O R D E R:
The following Notification shall be published in the next issue of Andhra Pradesh extraordinary Gazette:

1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh direct that the days specified in Annexure-I(A) shall be observed as General Holidays by all the State Government Offices excluding the holidays falling on Sundays shown in Annexure-I(B) and Optional Holidays shown in Annexure-II(A) except the Optional Holidays falling on Sundays shown in Annexure II(B), during the year 2014. The State Government directs that all offices under State Government shall remain closed on all Sundays and Second Saturdays in all the months during the year 2014. In addition to the above mentioned General Holidays in Annexure.1(A), the State Government employees may avail themselves of Optional Holidays not exceeding FIVE during the year 2014 on the festival/occasions specified in Annexure-II(A) to this order, at their option and irrespective of the religion to which the festival pertains. Permission to avail any of these holidays shall be applied for, in writing in advance and will normally be granted by the Superior Officers competent to grant casual leave except when the presence of an individual employee is considered necessary in exigencies of Government work.
2. The Government also directs that General Holidays shall not ipso-facto apply to the Industrial Establishment and Public Undertakings under the control of the State Government, the workmen engaged in Public Works Departments and Educational Institutions in this State. Separate orders regarding the festivals/occasions when these Institutions to observe holidays shall be issued by the concerned Administrative Department of the Secretariat.
3. If there is any change of date in respect of Idu’l Fitar, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad as per the moon sight or any other holiday declared now, it shall be announced through electronic/print media. All the Departments of Secretariat, Heads of Departments and District Collectors shall take action according to such an announcement and without waiting for formal order about the change of date.

List of General Holidays for Calender Year 2014

S.No	OCCASION/FESTIVAL	DATE	DAY	SAKA-ERA
1	2	3	4	5
1	BHOGI	13-01-2014	MONDAY	PAUSHA 23  – 1935
2	SANKRANTI/PONGAL / MILAD-UN-NABI ID-E-MILAD	14-01-2014	TUESDAY	PAUSHA 24  – 1935
3	MAHA SHIVARATRI	27-02-2014	THURSDAY	PHALGUNA 08- 1935
4	HOLI	17-03-2014	MONDAY	PHALGUNA 26- 1935
5	UGADI	31-03-2014	MONDAY	CHAITRA 10  – 1936
6	BABU JAGJIVAN RAM’S BIRTHDAY	05-04-2014	SATURDAY	CHAITRA 15  – 1936
7	SRI RAMA NAVAMI	08-04-2014	TUESDAY	CHAITRA 18  - 1936
8	DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR’S BIRTHDAY	14-04-2014	MONDAY	CHAITRA 24  – 1936
9	GOOD FRIDAY	18-04-2014	FRIDAY	CHAITRA 28  – 1936
10	RAMZAN (ID-UL-FITAR)	29-07-2014	TUESDAY	SRAVANA 07  – 1936
11	INDEPENDENCE DAY	15-08-2014	FRIDAY	SRAVANA 24  – 1936
12	VINAYAKA CHAVITHI	29-08-2014	FRIDAY	BHADRA 07  – 1936
13	DURGASHTAMI / GANDHI JAYANTHI	02-10-2014	THURSDAY	ASVINA 10  – 1936
14	VIJAYA DASAMI/ DUSSEHRA	03-10-2014	FRIDAY	ASVINA 11  - 1936
15	DEEPAVALI	23-10-2014	THURSDAY	KARTIKA 01  – 1936
16	MUHARRAM	04-11-2014	TUESDAY	KARTIKA 13  - 1936
17	CHRISTMAS	25-12-2014	THURSDAY	PAUSHA 04  - 1936

ANNEXURE - I (B)
The following festivals occur on 2nd Saturday and Sunday during the year 2014

1	REPUBLIC DAY	26-01-2014	SUNDAY	MAGHA 06  - 1935
2	SRI KRISHNASHTAMI	17-08-2014	SUNDAY	SRAVANA 26  – 1936
3	BAKRID (ID-UL-ZUHA)	05-10-2014	SUNDAY	ASVINA 13  – 1936

List of Optional Holidays for 2014

S.NO	OCCASION/FESTIVAL	DATE	DAY	SAKA-ERA
1	2	3	4	5
1.	NEW YEAR’S DAY	01.01.2014	WEDNESDAY	PAUSHA 11  - 1935
2.	KANUMU	15.01.2014	WEDNESDAY	PAUSHA 25  - 1935
3.	SRI PANCHAMI	04.02.2014	TUESDAY	MAGHA 15  – 1935
4.	YAZ DAHUM SHAREEF	12.02.2014	WEDNESDAY	MAGHA 23  – 1935
5.	BASAVA JAYANTHI	02.05.2014	FRIDAY	VAISAKHA 12  – 1936
6.	BIRTHDAY OF HAZRATH ALI	13.05.2014	TUESDAY	VAISAKHA 23  – 1936
7.	BUDDHA  PURNIMA	14.05.2014	WEDNESDAY	VAISAKHA 24  – 1936
8.	SHAB-E-MERAJ	27.05.2014	TUESDAY	JYAISTA 06-1936
9.	SHAB-E-BARATH	14.06.2014	SATURDAY	JYAISHTHA 24  – 1936
10.	JUMAT-UL-VIDA	25.07.2014	FRIDAY	SRAVANA 03  – 1936
11.	SHAB-E-QADAR	26.07.2014	SATURDAY	SRAVANA 04  - 1936
12.	VARALAKSHMI VRATHAM	08.08.2014	FRIDAY	SRAVANA 17  – 1936
13.	PARSI NEW YEAR’S DAY	18.08.2014	MONDAY	SRAVANA 27  – 1936
14.	MAHALAYA AMAVASYA	23.09.2014	TUESDAY	ASVINA 01  – 1936
15.	EID-E-GADEER	13.10.2014	MONDAY	ASVINA 21  - 1936
16.	NARAKA CHATHURTHI	22.10.2014	WEDNESDAY	ASVINA 30  - 1936
17.	9TH  MUHARRAM	03.11.2014	MONDAY	KARTIKA 12  – 1936
18.	KARTHIKA PURNIMA / GURUNANAK JAYANTHI	06.11.2014	THURSDAY	KARTIKA 15  - 1936
19.	CHRISTMAS EVE	24.12.2014	WEDNESDAY	PAUSHA 03  - 1936
20.	BOXING  DAY	26.12.2014	FRIDAY	PAUSHA 05  - 1936

ANNEXURE II (B)
The following festivals occur on Sunday during the year 2014.

1.	MAHAVEER  JAYANTHI	13.04.2014	SUNDAY	CHAITRA 23  – 1935
2.	RATHA YATHRA	29.06.2014	SUNDAY	ASHADA 08  – 1936
3.	SRAVANA PURNIMA / RAKHI PURNIMA	10.08.2014	SUNDAY	SRAVANA 19  – 1936
4.	ARBAYEEN	13.12.2014	2ND SATURDAY	AGRAHAYANA 22  - 1936

Download GO.5236 List of General and Optional Holidays for 2014

Download GO.5237 List of Negotiable Holidays for 2014