GO.5236 List of General and Optional Holidays for 2014 Calender Year

GO.5236 Dated 29th Nov 2013. General and Optional Holidays List for 2014 Calender Year. Government every year release the List of General and Optional Holidays for the Calender Years.  GO.5236 and GO.5237 Gen Adm Dept-Government has released the List of General Holidays and Optional Holidays for the Calender Year 2014. Details given below.

GO.5236 List of General and Optional Holidays for 2014

HOLIDAYS- General Holidays and Optional Holidays for the year 2014 – Declared.
O R D E R:
The following Notification shall be published in the next issue of Andhra Pradesh extraordinary Gazette:
  1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh direct that the days specified in Annexure-I(A) shall be observed as General Holidays by all the State Government Offices excluding the holidays falling on Sundays shown in Annexure-I(B) and Optional Holidays shown in Annexure-II(A) except the Optional Holidays falling on Sundays shown in Annexure II(B), during the year 2014. The State Government directs that all offices under State Government shall remain closed on all Sundays and Second Saturdays in all the months during the year 2014. In addition to the above mentioned General Holidays in Annexure.1(A), the State Government employees may avail themselves of Optional Holidays not exceeding FIVE during the year 2014 on the festival/occasions specified in Annexure-II(A) to this order, at their option and irrespective of the religion to which the festival pertains. Permission to avail any of these holidays shall be applied for, in writing in advance and will normally be granted by the Superior Officers competent to grant casual leave except when the presence of an individual employee is considered necessary in exigencies of Government work.
  2. The Government also directs that General Holidays shall not ipso-facto apply to the Industrial Establishment and Public Undertakings under the control of the State Government, the workmen engaged in Public Works Departments and Educational Institutions in this State. Separate orders regarding the festivals/occasions when these Institutions to observe holidays shall be issued by the concerned Administrative Department of the Secretariat.
  3. If there is any change of date in respect of Idu’l Fitar, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad as per the moon sight or any other holiday declared now, it shall be announced through electronic/print media. All the Departments of Secretariat, Heads of Departments and District Collectors shall take action according to such an announcement and without waiting for formal order about the change of date.

List of General Holidays for Calender Year 2014

S.No OCCASION/FESTIVAL DATE DAY SAKA-ERA
1 2 3 4 5
  1 BHOGI 13-01-2014   MONDAY PAUSHA 23  – 1935
  2 SANKRANTI/PONGAL / MILAD-UN-NABI
ID-E-MILAD
  14-01-2014   TUESDAY   PAUSHA 24  – 1935
  3 MAHA SHIVARATRI 27-02-2014   THURSDAY PHALGUNA 08- 1935
  4 HOLI 17-03-2014   MONDAY PHALGUNA 26- 1935
  5 UGADI 31-03-2014   MONDAY CHAITRA 10  – 1936
  6 BABU JAGJIVAN RAM’S BIRTHDAY   05-04-2014   SATURDAY CHAITRA 15  – 1936
  7 SRI RAMA NAVAMI 08-04-2014   TUESDAY CHAITRA 18  - 1936
  8 DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR’S BIRTHDAY   14-04-2014   MONDAY CHAITRA 24  – 1936
  9 GOOD FRIDAY 18-04-2014   FRIDAY CHAITRA 28  – 1936
  10   RAMZAN (ID-UL-FITAR) 29-07-2014   TUESDAY SRAVANA 07  – 1936
  11 INDEPENDENCE DAY 15-08-2014   FRIDAY SRAVANA 24  – 1936
  12 VINAYAKA CHAVITHI 29-08-2014   FRIDAY BHADRA 07  – 1936
  13 DURGASHTAMI / GANDHI JAYANTHI   02-10-2014   THURSDAY   ASVINA 10  – 1936
  14 VIJAYA DASAMI/ DUSSEHRA 03-10-2014   FRIDAY ASVINA 11  - 1936
  15 DEEPAVALI 23-10-2014   THURSDAY KARTIKA 01  – 1936
  16 MUHARRAM 04-11-2014   TUESDAY KARTIKA 13  - 1936
  17 CHRISTMAS 25-12-2014   THURSDAY PAUSHA 04  - 1936
ANNEXURE - I (B)
The following festivals occur on 2nd Saturday and Sunday during the year 2014
  1 REPUBLIC DAY 26-01-2014   SUNDAY MAGHA 06  - 1935
  2 SRI KRISHNASHTAMI 17-08-2014   SUNDAY SRAVANA 26  – 1936
  3 BAKRID (ID-UL-ZUHA) 05-10-2014   SUNDAY ASVINA 13  – 1936

List of Optional Holidays for 2014

S.NO OCCASION/FESTIVAL DATE DAY SAKA-ERA
  1   2   3   4   5
  1.   NEW YEAR’S DAY   01.01.2014   WEDNESDAY PAUSHA 11  - 1935
  2.   KANUMU   15.01.2014   WEDNESDAY PAUSHA 25  - 1935
  3.   SRI PANCHAMI   04.02.2014   TUESDAY MAGHA 15  – 1935
  4.   YAZ DAHUM SHAREEF   12.02.2014   WEDNESDAY MAGHA 23  – 1935
  5. BASAVA JAYANTHI   02.05.2014   FRIDAY VAISAKHA 12  – 1936
  6.   BIRTHDAY OF HAZRATH ALI   13.05.2014   TUESDAY   VAISAKHA 23  – 1936
  7.   BUDDHA  PURNIMA   14.05.2014   WEDNESDAY VAISAKHA 24  – 1936
  8.   SHAB-E-MERAJ   27.05.2014   TUESDAY JYAISTA 06-1936
  9.   SHAB-E-BARATH   14.06.2014   SATURDAY JYAISHTHA 24  – 1936
  10.   JUMAT-UL-VIDA   25.07.2014   FRIDAY SRAVANA 03  – 1936
  11. SHAB-E-QADAR   26.07.2014   SATURDAY SRAVANA 04  - 1936
  12.   VARALAKSHMI VRATHAM   08.08.2014   FRIDAY SRAVANA 17  – 1936
  13.   PARSI NEW YEAR’S DAY   18.08.2014   MONDAY SRAVANA 27  – 1936
  14.   MAHALAYA AMAVASYA   23.09.2014   TUESDAY ASVINA 01  – 1936
  15.   EID-E-GADEER   13.10.2014   MONDAY ASVINA 21  - 1936
  16.   NARAKA CHATHURTHI   22.10.2014   WEDNESDAY ASVINA 30  - 1936
  17.   9TH  MUHARRAM   03.11.2014   MONDAY KARTIKA 12  – 1936
  18.   KARTHIKA PURNIMA / GURUNANAK JAYANTHI   06.11.2014   THURSDAY   KARTIKA 15  - 1936
  19.   CHRISTMAS EVE   24.12.2014   WEDNESDAY PAUSHA 03  - 1936
  20.   BOXING  DAY   26.12.2014   FRIDAY PAUSHA 05  - 1936
ANNEXURE II (B)
The following festivals occur on Sunday during the year 2014.
  1.   MAHAVEER  JAYANTHI   13.04.2014   SUNDAY CHAITRA 23  – 1935
  2.   RATHA YATHRA   29.06.2014   SUNDAY ASHADA 08  – 1936
  3.   SRAVANA PURNIMA / RAKHI PURNIMA   10.08.2014   SUNDAY   SRAVANA 19  – 1936
  4.   ARBAYEEN   13.12.2014 2ND SATURDAY AGRAHAYANA 22  - 1936