GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS) DEPARTMENT
G.O. Ms. No.994, Dated the 20th October 2011
Holidays – Public Holidays under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for the State Government Offices and all Commercial Banks including Co-operative Banks in TamiI Nadu for the year 2012 — Orders issued
Read:
1. G.O.Ms.No.911, Public (Misc) Department dated 01.10.2010.
2. Reserve Bank of India letter reference No. DAPM (Che)/307/03.02.091/2011-12 dated 12.07.2011.
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 2012:-.
(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 win 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 02.04.2012 and Half Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts on 29.09.2012).
(b) All Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2012.
2. The above Public Holidays notified shall also apply to all State Government Undertakings / Corporations / Boards. etc.
(By order of the Governor)
DEBENDRANATH SARANGI,
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 2012.
ANNEXURE
|
S.No. |
FESTIVAL |
DATE |
DAY |
| 1 | New Year’s Day | 01.01.2012 | Sunday |
| 2 | Pongal | 15.01.2012 | Sunday |
| 3 | Thiruvalluvar Day | 16.01.2012 | Monday |
| 4 | Uzhavar Thirunal | 17.01.2012 | Tuesday |
| 5 | Republic Day | 26.01.2012 | Thursday |
| 6 | Meelad-un-Nabi | 05.02.2012 | Sunday |
| 7 | Telugu New Year’s Day | 23.03.2012 | Friday |
| 8 | Annual closing of Accounts for Commercial & Co-operative Banks* | 02.04.2012 | Monday |
| 9 | Mahaveer Jayanthi | 05.04.2012 | Thursday |
| 10 | Good Friday | 06.04.2012 | Friday |
| 11 | Tamil New Year’s Day | 13.04.2012 | Friday |
| 12 | Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Birthday | 14.04.2012 | Saturday |
| 13 | May Day | 01.05.2012 | Tuesday |
| 14 | Independence Day | 15.08.2012 | Wednesday |
| 15 | Ramzan | 20.08.2012 | Monday |
| 16 | Krishna Jayanthi | 08.09.2012 | Saturday |
| 17 | Vinayakar Chathurthi | 19.09.2012 | Wednesday |
| 18 | Half yearly closing of Accounts for Commercial banks & Co-operative Banks* | 29.09.2012 | Saturday |
| 19 | Gandhi Jayanthi | 02.10.2012 | Tuesday |
| 20 | Ayutha Pooja | 23.10.2012 | Tuesday |
| 21 | Vijaya Dasami | 24.10.2012 | Wednesday |
| 22 | Bakrid | 27.10.2012 | Saturday |
| 23 | Deepavali | 13.11.2012 | Tuesday |
| 24 | Muharram | 25.11.2012 | Sunday |
| 25 | Christmas | 25.12.2012 | Tuesday |
* Applicable only to Commercial Banks and Co-operative banks in TN.
DEBENDRANATH SARANGI,
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.
Source : http://www.tn.gov.in/seithi_veliyeedu/pr21Oct11/pr211011_994.pdf