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Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL

(Personnel Policies-III Branch)

NOTIFICATION

The 17th December, 2020

No. PERS-PP-30MISC/35/2020-2PP3/118774/2020/18.-Under the Explanation to Section 25 of the

Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) read with the Government of India, Ministry of

Home Affairs, Notification No.20-25/26/Pub.1, dated 08.06.1957, the Government of Punjab hereby declare

that in addition to Sundays expressly defined as Public Holidays in the said "Explanation", the following shall be

observed as Holidays in the State of Punjab during the year 2021:-

SCHEDULE

Sr.

Name of the Holiday(s)

Date on which it falls

Day of the week

No.

1

2

3

4

1.

Republic Day

26th January

Tuesday

2.

Maha Shivaratri

11th March

Thursday

3.

Holi

29th March

Monday

4.

Bank Holiday (Account Closing day)

01st April

Thursday

5.

Good Friday

02nd April

Friday

6.

Ram Navami

21st April

Wednesday

7.

Id-ul-Fitr

14th May

Friday

8.

Independence day

15th August

Sunday

9.

Janam Ashtmi

30th August

Monday

10.

Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi Ji

02nd October

Saturday

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Dussehra

15th October

Friday

12.

Birthday of Maharishi Valmiki Ji

20th October

Wednesday

13.

Diwali

04th November

Thursday

14.

Birthday of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

19th November

Friday

15.

Christmas day

25th December

Saturday

2.

This has been issued in accordance with the directions issued by the Government of India, Ministry of

Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (Banking Division), New Delhi vide their D.O. No. 41/2/98-BO II,

dated 9th August, 2002 and Department of Financial Services vide No. 1/22/2012-BO.II dated 09.01.2013.

VINI MAHAJAN,

Chief Secretary to Government, Punjab

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