Tamil Nadu Public Holidays 2020 for Govt Offices and Commercial Banks

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU 2019
PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.762, Dated the 22nd October 2019

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 2020 – Orders issued.

Read:

1. G.O.Ms.No.840, Public (Misc) Department, dated 29.10.2018.

2. Reserve Bank of India letter reference No.HRMD (Che)/331/03.02.091/2019-20, dated :30.07.2019.

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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 2020:-

(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 01.04.2020)

(b) All Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2020.

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

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

K. SHANMUGAM

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 2020.

ANNEXURE

SI.No	Public Holidays	Date	Day
1	New Year’s Day	01.01.2020	Wednesday
2	Pongal	15.01.2020	Wednesday
3	Thiruvalluvar Day	16.01.2020	Thursday
4	Uzhavar Thirunal	17.01.2020	Friday
5	Republic Day	26.01.2020	Sunday
6	Telugu New Year’s Day	25.03.2020	Wednesday
7	* Annual closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks	01.04.2020	Wednesday
8	Mahaveer Jayanthi	06.04.2020	Monday
9	Good Friday	10.04.2020	Friday
10	Tamil New Year’s Day and Dr. B.R.Ambedkar’s birthday	14.04.2020	Tuesday
11	May Day	01.05.2020	Friday
12	Ramzan (Idu’l Fitr)	25.05.2020	Monday
13	Bakrid	01.08.2020	Saturday
14	Krishna Jayanthi	11.08.2020	Tuesday
15	Independence Day	15.08.2020	Saturday
16	Vinayakar Chathurthi	22.08.2020	Saturday
17	Muharram	30.08.2020	Sunday
18	Gandhi Jayanthi	02.10.2020	Friday
19	Ayutha Pooja	25.10.2020	Sunday
20	Vijaya Dasami	26.10.2020	Monday
21	Milad-un-Nabi	30.10.2020	Friday
22	Deepavali	14.11.2020	Saturday
23	Christamas	25.12.2020	Friday

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