Tamilnadu Government Holiday 2016 – Government Order

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU 2015

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PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.1325, Dated the 30th November 2015

Holidays – Public Holidays under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for the State Government Offices and all Commercial Banks including Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu for the year 2016 – Orders issued.

Read:
1. G.O.Ms.No.1021, Public (Misc) Department, dated 20.11.2014.
2. Reserve Bank of India letter reference No.HRMD(Che)/ 509/ 03.02.091/ 2015-2016 dated 07.08.2015.

ORDER:

The Government of Tamil Nadu pass the following orders in regard to the observance of Holidays in the State of Tamil Nadu for the year 2016:-

(i) Public Holidays: The Holidays declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) indicated in the notification appended to this order will be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

(ii) Government Holidays: The Government direct that all the offices under the control of the Government of Tamil Nadu be closed on:-

(a) The dates specified in the notification appended to this order (except Annual Closing of Bank Accounts on 01.04.2016)

(b) All Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2016.

2. The above notified Public Holidays shall also apply to all State Government Undertakings/corporations/Boards. etc.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

K.GNANADESIKAN
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

APPENDIX

NOTIFICATION

Under the “Explanation” to section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI) of 1881) read with Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, No.20-25-26, Public-1, dated the 8th June 1957, the Government of Tamil Nadu hereby declares, that in addition to “Sundays” expressly defined as Public Holidays in the said “Explanation” the following days shall be Public Holidays for the year 2016.

ANNEXURE

Sl.No.	Public Holidays	Date	Day
1	New Year’s Day	01.01.2016	Friday
2	Pongal	15.01.2016	Friday
3	Thiruvalluvar Day	16.01.2016	Saturday
4	Uzhavar Thirunal	17.01.2016	Sunday
5	Republic Day	26.01.2016	Tuesday
6	Good Friday	25.03.2016	Friday
7	*Annual Closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks & Co-Operative Banks	01.04.2016	Friday
8	Telugu New Year’s Day	08.04.2016	Friday
9	Tamil New Year’s Day and Dr.B.R.Ambedkar’s Birthday	14.04.2016	Thursday
10	Mahaveer Jayanthi	19.04.2016	Tuesday
11	May Day	01.05.2016	Sunday
12	Ramzam	07.07.2016	Thursday
13	Independence Day	15.08.2016	Monday
14	Krishna Jayanthi	25.08.2016	Thursday
15	Vinayakar Chathurthi	05.09.2016	Monday
16	Bakrid	13.09.2016	Tuesday
17	Gandhi Jayanthi	02.10.2016	Sunday
18	Ayutha Pooja	10.10.2016	Monday
19	Vijaya Dasami	11.10.2016	Tuesday
20	Muharram	12.10.2016	Wednesday
21	Deepavali	29.10.2016	Saturday
22	Milad-un-Nabi	12.12.2016	Monday
23	Christmas	25.12.2016	Sunday

* Applicable only to Commercial Bank and Co-Operative Banks in Tamil Nadu.

K.GNANADESIKAN
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT