DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION

DVC TOWERS, V.I.P. ROAD

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KOLKATA -700 054

No. G/G-1/2020/2211 20th December 2019

OFFICE CIRCULAR
The Col.poration has been pleased to declare the Holiday List for the year 2020 as mentioned
below. In exigencies of worlq Head of the Department, may, at their discretion disallow any particular
holiday or reduce the number of holidays on any occasion.

LIST OF HOLIDAYS -2020

SI.No, Name of Festival/s Date Day Remarks
01 Netaji.s Birth Day 23.01.2020 Thursday For W.B. only
02 Republic Day 26.01.2020 Sunday
03 Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami 30.01.2020 Thursday
04 Dolyatra 09.03.2020 Monday For W.B. only
05 Holi 10.03.2020 Tuesday For Jharkhand only
06 Sarhul 27.03.2020 Friday For Jharkhand only
07 May Day 01.05.2020 Friday
08 Budha Purnima 07.05.2020 Thursday

09 ld.ul-Fitr 25.05.2020 Monday

10 ld-ul -Zuha(Bakrid) 01.08.2020 Saturday
11 Independence Day 15.08.2020 Saturday
12 Mahatma Gandhi.s Birthday 02.10.2020 Friday
13 Durga Puja (Maha Saptami) 23.10.2020 Friday
14 Durga Puja (Maha Astami) 24.10.2020 Saturday
15 Durga Puja (Maha Dasami) 26.10.2020 Monday
16 Lakshmi Puja 30.10.2020 Friday For W.B. only
17 Kalipuja/Diwali(Deepavali) 14.11.2020 Saturday
18 Surya Shasthi(Chhat Puja) 20.11.2020 Friday For Jharkhand only
19 Guru Nanak's Birthday 30.11.2020 Monday
20 Christmas Day 25.12.2020 Friday

N.B. .

Tln the year z020, Durgapuja Maha Navami (25.10.2020), falls on sunday for which that day has not been
included in the above Holiday List. However that day has been included in the Restricted Holiday.
2. Holiday for ld-ul-Fitre depends upon sighting of the moon.
3. Offices located at Left Bank and Kalyaneswari S/Stn. are part of Maithon Project, so they will observe
Holidays applicable for Jharkhand only.
4. These Holidays are, however, not applicable to the employees of DVC Bermo Mines, whose services are
governed under NCWA.
i. DVC Delhi officewill follow Holidays as perthe Holiday list of Government of India forthe
year 2020.

[n addition to the above closed Holidays, an employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself to
any two (2) Holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays annexed.

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LIST 0F RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2020

Sl.No. Name of Festival Date Day Remarks

01 New Year's Day 01.01.2020 Wednesday
02 Guru Govind Singh's Birthday 02.01.2020 Thursday
03 Makar sankranti/Pongal 15.01.2020 Wednesday
04 Netaji.s Birth Day 23.01.2020 Thursday For Jharkhand only
05 Guru Ravi Das's Birthday 09.02.2020 Sunday
06 Swamy Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti 18.02.2020 Tuesday
07 Sivaji Jayanti 19.02.2020 Wednesday
08 Maha Shvaratri 21.02.2020 Friday
09 Holika Dahan/Dolyatra/Hazarat Ali's 09.03.2020 Monday.+ For Jharkhand only
Birthday
10 Holi 10.03.2020 Tuesday For W.B. only
11 Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/ 25.03.2020 Wednesday
Cheti Chand
12 Sarhul 27.03.2020 Friday For W.B. only
13 Ram Navami 02.04.2020 Thursday ,
14 Mahavir Jayanti 06.04.2020 Monday
15 Good Friday 10.04.2020 Friday ,
16 Easter Sunday 12.04.2020 Sunday
17 Vaisakhi/Vishu 13.04.2020 Monday `
18 Bengali New Year's Day 14.04.2020 Tuesday I
19 Guru Rabindranath's birthday 08.05.2020 Friday
20 Jamat-U[-Vida 22.05.2020 Friday
21 Rath Yatra 23.06.2020 Tuesday

22 Raksha Bandhan 03.08.2020 Monday .

23 Janmashtami(Vaishnavi) 12.08.2020 Wednesday .
24 Parsi New Year's day/Nauraj 16.08.2020 Sunday
25 Vinayaka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi 22.08.2020 Saturday

26 Muharam 30.08.2020 Sunday ,

27 Onam or Thiru Onam Day 31.08.2020 Monday

28 Mahalaya 17.09.2020 Thursday `

29 Durgapuja Maha Navami 25.10.2020 Sunday

30 Milad-un-Nabi 30.10.2020 Friday

31 Lakshmi Puja 3o.1o.2o2o Friday . For Jharkhand only
32 Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday 31.10.2020 Saturday
33 Karaka Chaturthi(Karva Chouth) 04.11.2020 Wednesday
34 Narak Chaturdasi 14.11.2020 Saturday
35 Govardhan Puja 15.11.2020 Sunday ,
36 Bhai Duj 16.11.2020 Monday
37 Pratihar Shashthi or Surya Shashthi(Chhat 20.11.2020 Friday \ For W.B. only
Puja)
38 Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day 24.11,2020 Tuesday
39 Fateha-Ywaz-Daham 27.11.2020 Friday
-ap Christmas Eve 24.12.2020 Thursday
41 New Years Eve 31.12.2020 Thursday

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