GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR,

GENERAL ADMINISllWTION DEPARTMENT,

Civil Secretariat, Jammu.

Subject: List of holidays for the calendar year-2020.

Government Order No.251-JK(GAD) of 2019

Dated:27.12.2019
The holidays listed in Annexure-"A" & 'B" to this
order shall be observed in the Government offices and educational
institutions of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir during the
calendar year-2020.
By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
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No. GAD(Adm)201/2019-I1
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1. Chief Secretaries of all State Governments/Union Territories of India.

2. Secretary, Department of Personnel &Training, Government of India, North Block, New
Delhi-110001.
3. All Financial Cornmissioners.
4. Director General of Police, J&K.
5. All Principal Secretaries to the Government.
6. Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor.
7. Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.
8. All Commissioner/Secretaries to the Government.
9. Divisional Commissioner, JammuIKashmir.
10. Chairperson, J&K Special Tribunal.
11. Director General, J&K Institute of Management & Public Administration & Rural
Development.
12. Director Information, J&K.
13. All Deputy Commissioners.
14. All Heads of DepartmenWManaging Directors/Secretary, Advisory Boards.
15. Registrar General, J&K High Cwrt, Jammu.
16. Secretary, J&K Public Service Commission/SVC/SSB/BoPEE/Other Backward Classes
Commission.
17. Director, Estates.
18. Director, Archives, Archaeology and Museums.
19. Secretary J&K Legislative Assembly.
20. Member-Secretary, J&K State Legal Service Authority.
21. Secretary J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages.
22. OSD to Advisor(S)/(F) to the Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor.
23. General Manager, Government Press, SrinagarIJammu.
24. Private Secretary to Advocate General, J&K for information of Learned Advocate General.
25. Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary.
26. Private Secretary to the Secretary to Government, General Administration Department.
27. Private Secretary to the Chairman, J&K Bank Limited.
28. Government Order file/Stock filelwebsite, GAD.
Annexure " A to the Government Order No.251-JK(GAD) of 2019
Dated 27.12.2019

Holidays to be observed throuahout the Union Territonr of

p q Name of the Holiday Date I 1 Day

No.
1. Guru Gobind Singh i s 2" January Thursday
Birthday
2. Republic Day 26th January Sunday
3. Mahashivratri 21* February Friday

~uqust satu;day
1 16. Janamashtami 1 2 ~August
~ Wednesday
17. Independence Day August Saturday
18. Ashoora* 2gth August Saturday
19. Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday 2ndOctober Friday
20. Mahanavami 24th October Saturday
21. Dussehra 25th October Sunday
22. Accession Day 26th October Monday
23. Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi* 2gth October Thursday
24. Friday followinq- Eid-i- 3oth October Friday
~ilad-ul-~abi*
25. Diwali 1 4 ~November
~ Saturday
26. Guru Nanak Dev i s 3oth November Monday
I
Birthday
27.) Christmas Day
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Note: *All the Muslim holidays are subject to appearance of moon.

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(G.L. Sharma) KAS
DeRUtY Secretary to the Government.
Annexure "8" to the Government Order No.251-JK(GAD) of 2019
Dated 27.12.2019

S. Name of the Holiday Date Day I

I NO.
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1 1. ( Friday following Shab-I-Miraj* ( 27" March 1 Friday
2.
- ~ 1 Mela Khir
~ . Bhawani
. ~ 1 30"
. - Mav 1 Saturdav
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1 3.
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I Urs Shah-I- Hamdan Sahib* -I 2

1 4. j urs Sheikh ~oor-ud-din-sahib* j
14th 0;ober wedne&ay i
(ii) p

S. Name of the Holiday Date Day I

No.
13" January Monday
WG%as1s Birthday 9" February Sunday
3. Holi 9" March Mondav

(iii) Local Holidavs:

S. Name of the Holidays Date Day
NO.
1. Mela Bahu Fort (Jammu District 1' April Wednesday
only)
2. Mahavir Jayanti (lammu 6"April
District only)
3. Good Friday (Jammu District 10' April Friday
only)
4. Urs Shah Farid-ud-din Sahib 2 0 June ~ Saturday
( (Kishtwar District only)
5. ( Sarthal Devi Ji Yatra (Kishtwar I28m &
District only) June 1 Mondav
Yatra (Tehsil
Bhaderwah and Tehsil Bhalla August Monday

August 1 Monday
Urs Shah Asrar-ud-Din Sahib loth 1 Tuesday
(Kishtwar, Doda & Ramban November
Districts only) I I
(iv) Restricted Holidavs:-

S.
No.
Name of the Holiday I Date . ID.I
1. Parshuram Jayanti
Province onlv)
+l~abirayaA;i /
(Jamrnu province 6% June j~ a t u r d a

4. Raksha Bandhan

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