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wb holiday list 2022 pdf{wb govt holiday list 2022}:- Latest updates are out today about wb govt employee holidays list for 2022 calendar.West Bengal finance department has published latest notification regarding 2022 wb holiday list.
Now you can download wb govt Holiday list 2022 in PDF format from below link. This notice is collected from WB FINANCE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
wb holiday list 2022 pdf (wb govt holiday list 2022)
Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
Nabanna, 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road
Howrah – 711102
Howrah, the 26″ November, 2021
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 8″ June, 1957, the Governor is pleased to. declare thedays as specified at List I below to be Public Holidays during the year 2022.
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 theStamp Revenue, Kolkata shall be closed on the days as specified at List II below which are notdeclared to be public holidays, during the year 2022.
Further, the Governor is pleased to declare that the days as specified at List Ill may be
observed as Sectional Holidays in the year 2022 for the employees of different communities
mentioned against the day.”
List I (Public Holidays in 2022 under the N. I. Act)
| Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda | 12th January, (Wednesday) |
| Republic Day | 26th January, (Wednesday) |
| **Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] | 5th February (Saturday) |
| Doljatra | 18th March (Friday) |
| Birth Day of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | 14th April (Thursday) |
| Mahavir Jayanti | 14th April (Thursday) |
| Good Friday | 15th April (Friday) |
| Bengali New Year’s Day {Nababarsha) | 15th April (Friday) |
| Eid-UI-Fitr | 3rd May (Tuesday) |
| Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore | 9th May (Monday) |
| Buddha Purnima | 16th May (Monday) |
| Muharram | 9th August (Tuesday) |
| Independence Day | 15th August (Tuesday) |
| Durga Puja Astami | 03rd October {Monday) |
| Durga Puja Nabami | 04th October (Tuesday) |
| Durga Puja Dasami | 05th October (Wednesday) |
| Kali Puja | 24th October (Monday) |
| Birth Day of Guru Nanak | 8th November (Tuesday |
Yearly Closing of Bank Account 1th April (Friday) (for Banks only, Government Offices and Treasuries will remain open).
List II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2022)
| **New Year’s Day | 01*t January, (Saturday) |
| Day before Saraswati Puja | 04″ February (Friday) |
| Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma | 14′h February (Monday) st |
| Shivaratri | 1 March (Tuesday) |
| **Holi (Day after Doljatra) | 19th March (Saturday) |
| Additional day for Eid-UI-Fitr | 4th May (Wednesday) |
| Rathayatra | 1″July (Friday) |
| Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only) | 13t July (Wednesday) |
| Janmastami | 19° August (Friday) |
| Additional day for Durga Puja Mahapanchami | 30t September (Friday) |
| *”Additional day for Durga Puja Mahasasthi | 1“ October (Saturday) |
| Additional day in connection with Durga Puja | 6 h October (Thursday) |
| Additional day in connection with Durga Puja | 7th October (Friday) |
| **Additional day in connection with Durga Puja | 8th October (Saturday) |
| Additional day in connection with Lakshmi Puja | 10″ October (Monday) |
| Additional day in connection with Kali Puja | 25” October (Tuesday) |
| Additional day in connection with Kali Puja | 26″ October (Wednesday) |
| Bhatridwitya | 27 h October (Thursday) |
| Additional day in connection with Chhat Puja | 31” October (Monday) |
| Birth Day of Birsa Munda | 15″ November (Tuesday) |
| * |
(##) Birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 16t May, Monday, which is a holiday under N.I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List II.
List III (Sectional Holidays in 2022)
| Birth Day of Guru Rabidas | 16“ February (Wednesday) [for the followers of Guru Rabidas] |
| ”* Easter Saturday | 16”’ April (Saturday) (for Christians onIyJ |
| Hul Diwas | 30” June, (Thursday) [for Adivasi (Santhal) only] |
| Karam Puja | To be notified later on |
($$) Shab-e-Barat, Sectional holiday for Muslim Community falls on 19th March, Saturday, which is State Government holiday and therefore has not been shown separately in List III.
Note:- {1}Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act. {2}In the year 2022, the following festivals/occasions fall on Sundays which are public Holidays under N. I. Act and hence have not been included in lists:
- Birth Day of Netaji-23’d January (Sunday)
- Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur-10th April (Sunday)
- May Day-1st May (Sunday)
- Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid)-10th July (Sunday)
- Mahalaya-25th September (Sunday)
- Birth Day of Gandhiji-2nd October (Sunday)
- Durgapuja Saptami-2nd October (Sunday)
- Fateha-Dwaz-Daham-9th October (Sunday)
- Lakshmi Puja-9th October (Sunday)
- Chhat Puja-30th October (Sunday)
- Christmas Day-25th December (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
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